Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

PETER CASTRO, PETER K. L. NG & SHANE T. AHYONG, 2004, Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family, Zootaxa 643, pp. 1-70 : 19

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158851

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5674956

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scientific name

Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
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Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 View in CoL (Plate 1A)

Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842: 235 View in CoL , pl. 2, figs. 5–10.

Remarks. There is a problem with the nomenclature of this well­known and widely distributed species as there appears to be an older name, Cancer tridentatus Forskål, 1775 . The original description of Cancer tridentatus Forskål, 1775 (from Suez, Red Sea), is too brief to be certain of its identity, but as it is, it fits the genus Domecia as presently understood. The description best fits Domecia hispida Eydoux and Souleyet, 1842 , which is present in the Red Sea. As Forskål's material is no longer extant, we can never be certain. However, to have the senior name replacing the widely used name of Domecia hispida serves no real purpose in our opinion, and we invoke Article 23.9.2 of the current zoological code in suppressing the senior name. Certainly, the name Cancer tridentatus Forskål, 1775 , has never been used since its description while the name Domecia hispida has been regularly used over the last few decades.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Domeciidae

Genus

Domecia

Loc

Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

PETER CASTRO, PETER K. L. NG & SHANE T. AHYONG 2004
2004
Loc

Domecia hispida

Eydoux 1842: 235
1842
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