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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthothelphusa niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

1595931  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1595931)

  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. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Potamoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Potamonautidae (Family)
  16. Potamonautinae (Subfamily)
  17. Acanthothelphusa (Genus)
  18. Acanthothelphusa niloticus (Species)
accepted
Species
Lirrangapotamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Thelpheusa nilotica H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Thelpheusa nilotica H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Acanthothelphusa niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1595931 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature

original description (of Thelpheusa nilotica H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details] 

basis of record Cumberlidge, N. & Daniels, S. R. (2022). Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on African freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamoidea): corrigenda and addenda to Cumberlidge & Daniels (2022). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5169(2): 188–192., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.2.7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamonautes niloticus) (from synonym Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837))