DecaNet name details
Chirostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902)
392762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392762)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Chirostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=392762 on 2025-04-05
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(of Ptychogaster defensa Benedict, 1902) Benedict, J. E. (1902). Description of a new genus and forty six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae with a list of the known marine species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26: 243-334. [details]
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors