WoRMS taxon details
Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)
107464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107464)
accepted
Species
Cancer cursor Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer eques Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois, 1759 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer hippeus Olivier, 1804 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (considered a lapsus fide Low &...)
considered a lapsus fide Low & Ng, 2012 (Zootaxa 3398: 40-57)
Ocypoda ippeus Olivier, 1804 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocypode ippeus Olivier, 1804 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cancer cursor Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107464 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer cursor Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cancer eques Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois, 1759) Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois, F.-A. (1759). Dictionnaire raisonne et universel des animaux, ou le regne animal, consistant en quadrupedes, cetacees, oiseaux, reptiles, poisson, insectes, vers, zoophytes; ou plantes animales; leurs proprietes en medicine; la classe, la familie, ou l'odre, le genre, l'espece avec ses varietes, ou chaque animal est range, suivant les differentes methodes ou nouveaux systemes de Messieurs Linnaeus, Klein & Brisson. <em>Claude-Jean-Baptiste Bauche, Paris, vol. 1: i-xxiv, 1-816.</em> [details]
original description (of Ocypoda ippeus Olivier, 1804) Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN625322681&DMDID=&LOGID=LOG_0005&PHYSID=PHYS_0008
page(s): 235 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]original description (of Cancer eques Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois, 1759) Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois, F.-A. (1759). Dictionnaire raisonne et universel des animaux, ou le regne animal, consistant en quadrupedes, cetacees, oiseaux, reptiles, poisson, insectes, vers, zoophytes; ou plantes animales; leurs proprietes en medicine; la classe, la familie, ou l'odre, le genre, l'espece avec ses varietes, ou chaque animal est range, suivant les differentes methodes ou nouveaux systemes de Messieurs Linnaeus, Klein & Brisson. <em>Claude-Jean-Baptiste Bauche, Paris, vol. 1: i-xxiv, 1-816.</em> [details]
original description (of Ocypoda ippeus Olivier, 1804) Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN625322681&DMDID=&LOGID=LOG_0005&PHYSID=PHYS_0008
page(s): 235 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Shih, H.-T.; Ng, P. K. L.; Davie, P. J. F.; Schubart, C. D.; Türkay, M.; Naderloo, R.; Jones, D. S.; Liu, M.-Y. (2016). Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of <em>Uca </em>Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 64: 139-175. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tufted ghost crab | [details] |
| German | Pinsel-ReiterkrabbeAugenpinsel-Reiterkrabbe | [details] |
| Italian | granchio fantasma | [details] |
