Decanet taxon details
Diacanthurus McLaughlin & Forest, 1997
366312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366312)
accepted
Genus
Eupagurus spinulimanus Miers, 1876 accepted as Diacanthurus spinulimanus (Miers, 1876) (type by original designation)
- Species Diacanthurus clifdenensis (Hyden & Forest, 1980) †
- Species Diacanthurus ecphyma McLaughlin & Forest, 1997
- Species Diacanthurus ophthalmicus (Ortmann, 1892)
- Species Diacanthurus richeri McLaughlin & Forest, 1997
- Species Diacanthurus rubricatus (Henderson, 1888)
- Species Diacanthurus spinulimanus (Miers, 1876)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McLaughlin, P. A.; Forest, J. (1997). Crustacea Decapoda: <i>Diacanthurus</i> gen. nov., a new genus of hermit crabs (Paguridae) with both recent and fossil representation, and the descriptions of two new species. In: Crosnier, A. (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 176: 235-259. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Diacanthurus McLaughlin & Forest, 1997. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366312 on 2025-09-13
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McLaughlin, P. A.; Forest, J. (1997). Crustacea Decapoda: <i>Diacanthurus</i> gen. nov., a new genus of hermit crabs (Paguridae) with both recent and fossil representation, and the descriptions of two new species. In: Crosnier, A. (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 176: 235-259. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
basis of record McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality