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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS name details

Calaxius galapagensis Kensley & Hickman, 2001

477533  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:477533)

  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. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Axiidea (Infraorder)
  12. Axiidae (Family)
  13. Calaxius (Genus)
  14. Calaxius galapagensis (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Kensley, B.; Hickman, C.P. (2001). A new species of <i>Calaxius</i> Sakai & de Saint Laurent, from the Galaposos Islands (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114: 484-488. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  USNM 308977, verbatimGeounit Ecuador,...  
Holotype USNM 308977, verbatimGeounit Ecuador, Galapagos, ... [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Calaxius galapagensis Kensley & Hickman, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=477533 on 2025-05-19
Date
action
by
2010-05-26 07:27:30Z
created
Poore, Gary C.B.
2020-10-03 04:59:16Z
changed
Poore, Gary C.B.
2022-07-05 10:07:07Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Kensley, B.; Hickman, C.P. (2001). A new species of <i>Calaxius</i> Sakai & de Saint Laurent, from the Galaposos Islands (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114: 484-488. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Holotype USNM 308977, verbatimGeounit Ecuador, Galapagos, ... [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 308977)