WoRMS taxon details
Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899
- Genus Pirimela Leach, 1816
- Genus Sirpus Gordon, 1953
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Alcock, A. (1899). Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 4. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part II. A revision of the Cyclometopa with an account of the families Portunidae, Cancridae and Corystidae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 68(2: 1–104. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148429 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
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Alcock, A. (1899). Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 4. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part II. A revision of the Cyclometopa with an account of the families Portunidae, Cancridae and Corystidae. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 68(2: 1–104. [details] 
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]