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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS name details

Benthopagurus Wass, 1963

411771  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411771)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Paguroidea (Superfamily)
  13. Paguridae (Family)
  14. Benthopagurus (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Benthopagurus schmitti Wass, 1963 accepted as Tomopagurus cokeri (Hay, 1917) (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Benthopagurus cubensis Wass, 1963 accepted as Tomopagurus cubensis (Wass, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Benthopagurus schmitti Wass, 1963 accepted as Tomopagurus cokeri (Hay, 1917) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Wass, M.L. (1963). New species of hermit crabs (Decapoda, Paguridae) from the western Atlantic. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 6(2): 133-157. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Benthopagurus Wass, 1963. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411771 on 2025-05-01
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2009-08-14 06:29:09Z
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McLaughlin, Patsy
2019-09-02 08:37:05Z
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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Wass, M.L. (1963). New species of hermit crabs (Decapoda, Paguridae) from the western Atlantic. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 6(2): 133-157. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]