Gnathophyllum americanum, author: Collection Georges Declercq
Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777), author: IMARES
Actinimenes ornatus (Bruce, 1969), author: C.H.J.M. Fransen
author: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Sternostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902)

1310473  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1310473)

  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. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Chirostyloidea (Superfamily)
  13. Sternostylidae (Family)
  14. Sternostylus (Genus)
  15. Sternostylus defensus (Species)
accepted
Species
Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  USNM 20563, geounit Galapagos Exclusive...  
Holotype USNM 20563, geounit Galapagos Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Sternostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1310473 on 2025-05-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sternostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1310473 on 2025-05-19
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2018-11-23 15:20:55Z
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Macpherson, Enrique
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original description (of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 20563, geounit Galapagos Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ptychogaster defensa; USNM 20563) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902)
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ptychogaster defensa; USNM 20563)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ptychogaster defensa; USNM 20563)
Hosted externally, from synonym