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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Pleistacantha ori Ahyong & Ng, 2007

441951  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:441951)

  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. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Majoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Oregoniidae (Family)
  16. Pleistacanthinae (Subfamily)
  17. Pleistacantha (Genus)
  18. Pleistacantha ori (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ahyong,S.T.; Ng, P.K.L. (2007). <i>Pleistacantha ori</i>, a new species of deep-water spider crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brahcyura: Majidae) from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Suppl. 16: 67-74. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pleistacantha ori Ahyong & Ng, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=441951 on 2025-04-29
Date
action
by
2009-12-17 14:15:58Z
created
Davie, Peter
2020-02-05 12:25:35Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-04-10 14:55:44Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-09-26 11:25:20Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Ahyong,S.T.; Ng, P.K.L. (2007). <i>Pleistacantha ori</i>, a new species of deep-water spider crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brahcyura: Majidae) from the western Indian Ocean. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Suppl. 16: 67-74. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleistacantha ori) 
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins)