Decanet name details
Pontophilus occidentalis Faxon, 1893
589692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:589692)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Pontophilus occidentalis var. indica De Man, 1918 accepted as Parapontophilus junceus (Spence Bate, 1888) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details] 
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Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality