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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

AfReMaS taxon details

Parahexapus africanus Balss, 1922

241122  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241122)

  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. Hexapodoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Hexapodidae (Family)
  16. Parahexapus (Genus)
  17. Parahexapus africanus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Balss, H. (1922). Crustacea VII: Decapoda Brachyura (Oxyrhyncha bis Brachyrhyncha) und geographische Übersicht über Crustacea Decapoda. In: Michaelsen W (ed.), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. Band III, Lieferung 3. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 72–110. , available online at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Michaelsen%2C+W.+%28Wilhelm%29%2C+1860-1937%22 [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Parahexapus africanus Balss, 1922. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241122 on 2025-04-03
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. Parahexapus africanus Balss, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241122 on 2025-04-03
Date
action
by
2007-06-12 14:12:52Z
created
Fransen, Charles
2020-06-25 10:44:55Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-03-17 06:23:33Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

original description Balss, H. (1922). Crustacea VII: Decapoda Brachyura (Oxyrhyncha bis Brachyrhyncha) und geographische Übersicht über Crustacea Decapoda. In: Michaelsen W (ed.), Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas. Band III, Lieferung 3. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, pp. 72–110. , available online at https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Michaelsen%2C+W.+%28Wilhelm%29%2C+1860-1937%22 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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