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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS name details

Birgus laticauda Latreille, 1829

590182  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:590182)

  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. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Paguroidea (Superfamily)
  13. Coenobitidae (Family)
  14. Birgus (Genus)
  15. Birgus laticauda (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Birgus laticauda Latreille, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590182 on 2025-06-30
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2011-12-06 06:32:00Z
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Decock, Wim
2013-04-05 13:27:42Z
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Lemaitre, Rafael
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De Grave, Sammy
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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [request]