WoRMS taxon details
Mastigochirus Miers, 1878
467807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467807)
accepted
Genus
Mastigopus gracilis Stimpson, 1858 accepted as Mastigochirus gracilis (Stimpson, 1858) (type by original designation)
Mastigopus Stimpson, 1858 · unaccepted > junior homonym (homonym of Mastigopus Leuckart,...)
homonym of Mastigopus Leuckart, 1853
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Miers, E.J. (1878). Revision of the Hippidea. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 14(76): 312-336, pl. 5. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Mastigochirus Miers, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467807 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Miers, E.J. (1878). Revision of the Hippidea. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 14(76): 312-336, pl. 5. [details]
original description (of Mastigopus Stimpson, 1858) Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomoura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 225-252 [63-90 in separate]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535818 [details]
original description (of Mastigopus Stimpson, 1858) Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomoura. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 225-252 [63-90 in separate]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535818 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
