Decanet name details
Philonicus Spence Bate, 1888
377407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377407)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Genus
Philonicus mülleri Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Philonicus muelleri Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Pleoticus muelleri (Spence Bate, 1888) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Philonicus cervicalis Zehntner, 1894 accepted as Solenocera pectinata (Spence Bate, 1888) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Philonicus lucasii (Spence Bate, 1881) accepted as Hadropenaeus lucasii (Spence Bate, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Philonicus muelleri Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Pleoticus muelleri (Spence Bate, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Philonicus mülleri Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Philonicus muelleri Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Pleoticus muelleri (Spence Bate, 1888) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Philonicus pectinatus Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Solenocera pectinata (Spence Bate, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-52/htm/doc.html [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Philonicus Spence Bate, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377407 on 2025-09-13
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original description
Bate, C. S. (1888). Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by the Challenger during the years 1873–76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 24 (part 52): i–xc, 1–942, pls. 1–150., available online at http://19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-52/htm/doc.html [details] 
basis of record Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]