Decanet name details
Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015
848301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848301)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Callianassa bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1870 accepted as Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870) (type by original designation)
- Species Lepidophthalminus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870) accepted as Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepidophthalminus grandidieri (Coutière, 1899) accepted as Lepidophthalmus grandidieri (Coutière, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepidophthalminus rafai (Felder & Manning, 1998) accepted as Lepidophthalmus rafai Felder & Manning, 1998 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepidophthalminus sinuensis (Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991) accepted as Lepidophthalmus sinuensis Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepidophthalminus turneranus (White, 1861) accepted as Lepidophthalmus turneranus (White, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Sakai, K. (2015). A revised list of all ghost shrimps (Callianassidea and Thalassinidea) (Decapoda, Pleocyemata) from the Red Sea area, with a new genus, <i>Lepidophthalminus</i> gen. nov. and two new species in the genera <i>Gilvossius</i> and <i>Neocallichirus</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 88(4): 422-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003420 [details] Available for editors 
Nomenclature (1) the name was said to be a replacement name, therefore with the same type species as Lepidophthalmus and thereby an...
Nomenclature (1) the name was said to be a replacement name, therefore with the same type species as Lepidophthalmus and thereby an objective synonym.
(2) also introduced with type species, Callianassa bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1870 but without a description thereby failing ICZN Article 13.1.1 [details]
(2) also introduced with type species, Callianassa bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1870 but without a description thereby failing ICZN Article 13.1.1 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848301 on 2025-09-11
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Sakai, K. (2015). A revised list of all ghost shrimps (Callianassidea and Thalassinidea) (Decapoda, Pleocyemata) from the Red Sea area, with a new genus, <i>Lepidophthalminus</i> gen. nov. and two new species in the genera <i>Gilvossius</i> and <i>Neocallichirus</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 88(4): 422-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003420 [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature (1) the name was said to be a replacement name, therefore with the same type species as Lepidophthalmus and thereby an objective synonym.(2) also introduced with type species, Callianassa bocourti A. Milne-Edwards, 1870 but without a description thereby failing ICZN Article 13.1.1 [details]