WoRMS name details
Mastigopus Stimpson, 1858
467806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467806)
unaccepted > junior homonym (homonym of Mastigopus Leuckart, 1853)
Genus
Mastigopus gracilis Stimpson, 1858 accepted as Mastigochirus gracilis (Stimpson, 1858) (type by original designation)
- Species Mastigopus gracilis Stimpson, 1858 accepted as Mastigochirus gracilis (Stimpson, 1858) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomoura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 225-252 [63-90 in separate]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535818 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Mastigopus Stimpson, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467806 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomoura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 225-252 [63-90 in separate]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535818 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Miers, E.J. (1878). Revision of the Hippidea. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 14(76): 312-336, pl. 5. [details]