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Litochira Kinahan, 1856

206298  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206298)

  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. Goneplacoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Goneplacidae (Family)
  16. Litochira (Genus)
 unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
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  1. Species Litochira angustifrons Alcock, 1900 accepted as Heteropilumnus angustifrons (Alcock, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Litochira Beaumontii Alcock, 1900 accepted as Viaderiana beaumontii (Alcock, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Species Litochira deCharmoyi Bouvier, 1915 accepted as Heteropilumnus decharmoyi (Bouvier, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name was originally written "de Charmoyi")
  4. Species Litochira integra (Miers, 1884) accepted as Pseudolitochira integra (Miers, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Litocheira Kinahan, 1856) Kinahan, J.R. (1856) Remarks on the habits and distribution of marine Crustacea on the eastern shores of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, with descriptions of undescribed species and genera. Journal of the Royal Dublin Society, 1, 111-134, pis 3-4. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Litochira Kinahan, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206298 on 2025-05-18
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1997-09-11 16:01:23Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-01-21 12:51:18Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2018-04-29 16:37:19Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2020-08-18 11:31:01Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-12-28 21:39:11Z
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Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Litocheira Kinahan, 1856) Kinahan, J.R. (1856) Remarks on the habits and distribution of marine Crustacea on the eastern shores of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, with descriptions of undescribed species and genera. Journal of the Royal Dublin Society, 1, 111-134, pis 3-4. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Bouvier, E.L. (1915). Decapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis a l'ile Maurice par M. Paul Carie. Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg. 3 (48): 178-318. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Unreviewed
Spelling Litocheira in Vine (1986) [details]