Decanet taxon details
Myra elegans Bell, 1855
238387 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238387)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bell, T. (1855). Horae carcinologicae, or notices of Crustacea. I. A monograph of the Leucosiadae, with observations on the relations, structure, habits and distribution of the family, a revision of the generic characters, and descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2(64-65): 428-435., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1852.tb00464.x [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Myra elegans Bell, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238387 on 2026-06-05
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Bell, T. (1855). Horae carcinologicae, or notices of Crustacea. I. A monograph of the Leucosiadae, with observations on the relations, structure, habits and distribution of the family, a revision of the generic characters, and descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2(64-65): 428-435., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1852.tb00464.x [details]
basis of record Galil, B. S. (2001). A revision of <i>Myra</i> Leach, 1817 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Leucosioidea. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 75(24): 409-446., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/45078 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record Galil, B. S. (2001). A revision of <i>Myra</i> Leach, 1817 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Leucosioidea. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 75(24): 409-446., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/45078 [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
