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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS name details

Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814

377727  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:377727)

  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. Dendrobranchiata (Suborder)
  11. Penaeoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Penaeidae (Family)
  13. Melicertus (Genus)
  14. Melicertus tigrinus (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. <em>Palerme.</em> :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype , geounit Sicily  
Holotype, geounit Sicily [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Melicertus tigrinus Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=377727 on 2025-04-01
Date
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2008-12-10 10:07:28Z
created
Decock, Wim
2011-02-04 10:44:40Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2011-10-28 08:36:16Z
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Fransen, Charles
2014-05-27 07:54:58Z
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Fransen, Charles
2019-08-14 09:31:07Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-08-28 08:03:09Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. <em>Palerme.</em> :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Pérez Farfante, I.; Kensley, B. (1997). Penaeoid and sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world. Keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 175: 1-233. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

Holotype, geounit Sicily [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To PESI 
To ITIS