WoRMS name details
Lepeopus Benedict, 1895
590119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:590119)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Lepeopus forcipatus Benedict, 1895 accepted as Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892 (type by monotypy)
- Species Lepeopus forcipatus Benedict, 1895 accepted as Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Benedict, J. E. (1895). Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae with notes on the young of <i>Lithodes camtschaticus</i> and <i>Lithodes brevipes</i>. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17: 479–488. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Lepeopus Benedict, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590119 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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Benedict, J. E. (1895). Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae with notes on the young of <i>Lithodes camtschaticus</i> and <i>Lithodes brevipes</i>. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 17: 479–488. [details] 
basis of record McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details] Available for editors
