DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS name details

Sesarma tetragona (Fabricius, 1798)

AphiaID

1581894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581894)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Muradium tetragonum (Fabricius, 1798)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sesarma Say, 1817

Original name

Cancer tetragonus Fabricius, 1798

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cancer tetragonus Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Sesarma tetragona (Fabricius, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581894 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-05-20 15:53:46Z

created

Boyko, Christopher B.

2022-06-02 02:31:35Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2022-07-08 08:34:34Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Cancer tetragonus Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]

new combination reference Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]