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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

AfReMaS taxon details

Mertonia lanka Laurie, 1906

214451  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214451)

  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. Pilumnoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Pilumnidae (Family)
  16. Rhizopinae (Subfamily)
  17. Mertonia (Genus)
  18. Mertonia lanka (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laurie, R.D. (1906). Ceylon Pearl Fisheries 1906—supplementary reports, no. XL. Report on the Brachyura collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman WA (ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. With Supplementary Reports Upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon by Other Naturalists. Part V. The Royal Society, London, pp. 349–432, pls. 1–2. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Mertonia lanka Laurie, 1906. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org//marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214451 on 2025-05-16
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Mertonia lanka Laurie, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214451 on 2025-05-16
Date
action
by
2000-03-13 07:40:28Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2010-02-25 15:57:43Z
changed
Davie, Peter
2022-04-26 05:52:30Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

original description Laurie, R.D. (1906). Ceylon Pearl Fisheries 1906—supplementary reports, no. XL. Report on the Brachyura collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman WA (ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. With Supplementary Reports Upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon by Other Naturalists. Part V. The Royal Society, London, pp. 349–432, pls. 1–2. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Serène, R. (1977). Crustacés hippidés et brachyoures des îles Séchelles. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 91: 45-68. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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