DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

Traits taxon details

Opecarcinus pholeter Kropp, 1989

AphiaID

444431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:444431)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Opecarcinus Kropp & Manning, 1987

Original name

Opecarcinus pholeter Kropp, 1989

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kropp, R.K. (1989). A revision of the Pacific species of gall crabs, genus Opecarcinus (Crustacea: Cryptochiridae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 45(1): 98-129. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Opecarcinus pholeter Kropp, 1989. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444431 on 2025-04-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Opecarcinus pholeter Kropp, 1989. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444431 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-17 14:15:58Z

created

Davie, Peter

[taxonomic tree]

original description Kropp, R.K. (1989). A revision of the Pacific species of gall crabs, genus Opecarcinus (Crustacea: Cryptochiridae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 45(1): 98-129. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opecarcinus pholeter)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 234275)