DecaNet taxon details
Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904
246328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246328)
accepted
Genus
Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904 (type by monotypy)
Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lepidophthalmoides Sakai, 2011 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
- Species Lepidophthalmus craterifera (Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929) †
- Species Lepidophthalmus eiseni Holmes, 1904
- Species Lepidophthalmus grandidieri (Coutière, 1899)
- Species Lepidophthalmus jamaicense (Schmitt, 1935)
- Species Lepidophthalmus louisianensis (Schmitt, 1935)
- Species Lepidophthalmus madagassus (Lenz & Richters, 1881)
- Species Lepidophthalmus manningi Felder & Staton, 2000
- Species Lepidophthalmus natesi Felder & Robles, 2015
- Species Lepidophthalmus panamensis Felder & Robles, 2015
- Species Lepidophthalmus paratethyensis Gašparic & Hyžný, 2014 †
- Species Lepidophthalmus rafai Felder & Manning, 1998
- Species Lepidophthalmus richardi Felder & Manning, 1997
- Species Lepidophthalmus rosae (Nobili, 1904)
- Species Lepidophthalmus sinuensis Lemaitre & Rodrigues, 1991
- Species Lepidophthalmus siriboia Felder & Rodrigues, 1993
- Species Lepidophthalmus statoni Felder, 2015
- Species Lepidophthalmus tridentatus (von Martens, 1868)
- Species Lepidophthalmus turneranus (White, 1861)
- Species Lepidophthalmus ranongensis (Sakai, 1983) accepted as Thailandcallichirus ranongensis (Sakai, 1983) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lepidophthalmus siriboius (Felder & Rodrigues, 1993) accepted as Lepidophthalmus siriboia Felder & Rodrigues, 1993 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Lepidophthalmus socotrensis Sakai & Apel, 2002 accepted as Lepidophthalmus madagassus (Lenz & Richters, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish
Holmes, S.J. (1904). On some new or imperfectly known species of west American Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 307-322, pls. 35-37. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lepidophthalmus Holmes, 1904. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246328 on 2025-04-01
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Holmes, S.J. (1904). On some new or imperfectly known species of west American Crustacea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 3: 307-322, pls. 35-37. [details]
original description (of Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999) Sakai, K. (1999). Synopsis of the family Callianassidae, with keys to subfamilies, genera and species, and the description of new taxa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 326: 1-152. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepidophthalmoides Sakai, 2011) Sakai, K. (2011). Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). <em>Crustaceana Monographs.</em> 13: 1-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047424185_001 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015) Sakai, K. (2015). A revised list of all ghost shrimps (Callianassidea and Thalassinidea) (Decapoda, Pleocyemata) from the Red Sea area, with a new genus, <i>Lepidophthalminus</i> gen. nov. and two new species in the genera <i>Gilvossius</i> and <i>Neocallichirus</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 88(4): 422-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003420 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R., Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L. (2019). A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria,.</em> 78, 73–146., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Poore, G. C. B. (2023). New records and one new species of Callichiridae from the Indo-West Pacific (Crustacea, Axiidea) with keys to species of <em>Corallianassa</em>, <em>Lepidophthalmus </em>and <em>Neocallichirus</em>. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 82: 71-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2023.82.04
page(s): 74; note: Key to the Indo-West Pacific species of Lepidophthalmus [details] Available for editors
original description (of Podocallichirus Sakai, 1999) Sakai, K. (1999). Synopsis of the family Callianassidae, with keys to subfamilies, genera and species, and the description of new taxa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 326: 1-152. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepidophthalmoides Sakai, 2011) Sakai, K. (2011). Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). <em>Crustaceana Monographs.</em> 13: 1-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047424185_001 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Lepidophthalminus Sakai, 2015) Sakai, K. (2015). A revised list of all ghost shrimps (Callianassidea and Thalassinidea) (Decapoda, Pleocyemata) from the Red Sea area, with a new genus, <i>Lepidophthalminus</i> gen. nov. and two new species in the genera <i>Gilvossius</i> and <i>Neocallichirus</i>. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 88(4): 422-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003420 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Poore, G.C.B., Dworschak, P.C., Robles, R., Mantelatto, F.L. & Felder, D.L. (2019). A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria,.</em> 78, 73–146., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05
page(s): 112 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Poore, G. C. B. (2023). New records and one new species of Callichiridae from the Indo-West Pacific (Crustacea, Axiidea) with keys to species of <em>Corallianassa</em>, <em>Lepidophthalmus </em>and <em>Neocallichirus</em>. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 82: 71-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2023.82.04
page(s): 74; note: Key to the Indo-West Pacific species of Lepidophthalmus [details] Available for editors
