WoRMS name details
Platycorystes cheiragonus (Tilesius, 1815)
1595578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1595578)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Platycorystes Brandt, 1848 accepted as Telmessus White, 1846
- Variety Platycorystes cheiragonus var. hippocarcinoides Brandt, 1851 accepted as Telmessus cheiragonus (Tilesius, 1815) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer cheiragonus Tilesius, 1815) Tilesius, G. (1815). De cancris Camtschaticis, oniscis, entomostracis et cancellis marinis microscopicis noctilucentibus, Cum tabulis IV. Aeneis et appendice adnexo de acaris et ricinis Camtschaticis. [On Camtschatic crabs, onyx, entomostracus, and microscopic nocturnal marine channels, with plates IV. I have attached a bronze and an appendix about mites and Camtschatic ticks]. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 5(2): 331–405, pls. 5–8. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Platycorystes cheiragonus (Tilesius, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1595578 on 2025-04-17
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(of Cancer cheiragonus Tilesius, 1815) Tilesius, G. (1815). De cancris Camtschaticis, oniscis, entomostracis et cancellis marinis microscopicis noctilucentibus, Cum tabulis IV. Aeneis et appendice adnexo de acaris et ricinis Camtschaticis. [On Camtschatic crabs, onyx, entomostracus, and microscopic nocturnal marine channels, with plates IV. I have attached a bronze and an appendix about mites and Camtschatic ticks]. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 5(2): 331–405, pls. 5–8. [details]