DecaNet taxon details
Encephaloides armstrongi Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
441901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:441901)
accepted
Species
Phalangipus somnathensis Sureandiran, Karuppasamy & Suyani, 2024 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Encephaloides armstrongi Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=441901 on 2025-05-02
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Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Phalangipus somnathensis Sureandiran, Karuppasamy & Suyani, 2024) Sureandiran, B.; Karuppasamy, K.; Suyani, N. (2024). <i>Phalangipus somnathensis</i> sp. nov. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Epialtidae) a new species of spider crab from India, Arabian Sea, with a key to the species of <i>Phalangipus</i> Latreille, 1828. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 97(10-11): 1373-1381., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10423 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Ng, P. K. L.; Patel, H.; Trivedi, J. (2025). <i>Phalangipus somnathensis</i> Sureandiran, Karuppasamy & Suyani, 2024—a junior synonym of <i>Encephaloides armstrongi</i> Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Inachidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5627(3): 594–600., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.13 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Phalangipus somnathensis Sureandiran, Karuppasamy & Suyani, 2024) Sureandiran, B.; Karuppasamy, K.; Suyani, N. (2024). <i>Phalangipus somnathensis</i> sp. nov. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Epialtidae) a new species of spider crab from India, Arabian Sea, with a key to the species of <i>Phalangipus</i> Latreille, 1828. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 97(10-11): 1373-1381., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10423 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Ng, P. K. L.; Patel, H.; Trivedi, J. (2025). <i>Phalangipus somnathensis</i> Sureandiran, Karuppasamy & Suyani, 2024—a junior synonym of <i>Encephaloides armstrongi</i> Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Inachidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5627(3): 594–600., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.13 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
