Decanet taxon details
Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
442367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442367)
accepted
Species
Echinoecus klunzingeri Miyake, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinoecus petiti (Gravier, 1923) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinoecus rathbunae Miyake, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eumedonus Petiti Gravier, 1922 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Liomedon pentagonus Klunzinger, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) Milne-Edwards, A. (1879). Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomatique, Paris, Series 7.</em> 3: 103-110, Pls. 1-2. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442367 on 2026-07-15
original description
(of Echinoecus klunzingeri Miyake, 1939) Miyake, S. (1939). Note on crabs of the genus <i>Echinoecus</i> Rathbun living commensally with echinoids (Parthenopidae, Eumedoninae). <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis.</em> 18(2): 83-94. [details] Available for editors 
original description (of Echinoecus rathbunae Miyake, 1939) Miyake, S. (1939). Note on crabs of the genus <i>Echinoecus</i> Rathbun living commensally with echinoids (Parthenopidae, Eumedoninae). <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis.</em> 18(2): 83-94. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1905) Bouvier, E.-L.; Seurat, G. (1905). Eumedon convictor, crabe commensal d'un oursin. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie de Sciences, Paris.</em> 140(10): 629-631. [details]
original description (of Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) Milne-Edwards, A. (1879). Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomatique, Paris, Series 7.</em> 3: 103-110, Pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Eumedonus Petiti Gravier, 1922) Gravier, C. (1922). Sur un nouveau crabe (Eumedonus petiti nov. sp.) commensal d'un oursin de Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Bulletin de Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 28(7): 484-486. [details]
original description (of Liomedon pentagonus Klunzinger, 1906) Klunzinger, C.B. (1906). Die Spitz- und Spitzmundkrabben (Oxyrhyncha und Oxystomata) des Roten Meeres. Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart, vii + 91 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12872 [details]
original description (of Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894) Rathbun, M.J. (1894). Notes on the crabs of the family Inachidae in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17(984): 43-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.17-984.43 [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of Echinoecus rathbunae Miyake, 1939) Miyake, S. (1939). Note on crabs of the genus <i>Echinoecus</i> Rathbun living commensally with echinoids (Parthenopidae, Eumedoninae). <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonensis.</em> 18(2): 83-94. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1905) Bouvier, E.-L.; Seurat, G. (1905). Eumedon convictor, crabe commensal d'un oursin. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie de Sciences, Paris.</em> 140(10): 629-631. [details]
original description (of Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) Milne-Edwards, A. (1879). Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomatique, Paris, Series 7.</em> 3: 103-110, Pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Eumedonus Petiti Gravier, 1922) Gravier, C. (1922). Sur un nouveau crabe (Eumedonus petiti nov. sp.) commensal d'un oursin de Tulear (Madagascar). <em>Bulletin de Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 28(7): 484-486. [details]
original description (of Liomedon pentagonus Klunzinger, 1906) Klunzinger, C.B. (1906). Die Spitz- und Spitzmundkrabben (Oxyrhyncha und Oxystomata) des Roten Meeres. Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart, vii + 91 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12872 [details]
original description (of Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894) Rathbun, M.J. (1894). Notes on the crabs of the family Inachidae in the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17(984): 43-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.17-984.43 [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinoecus pentagonus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinoecus pentagonus) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 13889)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinoecus pentagonus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinoecus pentagonus) (from synonym Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 13889)
To ITIS