A nomenclatural review of the genus Schizophrys White, 1848 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae)

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Language

English

Creator

Lee, B. Y.
Martyn E. Y. Low3 & Peter K. L. Ng1

Source Title

The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Publication date

2018/01/16

Publisher

Dept. of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Page

12–22

Content Type

Journal Article

Object Type

Text

Terms of Use

Open Access

Access Status

Open

Repository

NUS Libraries

Start File Page

12

End File Page

22

Volume

66

Issue

1

Call Number

QL319 NMB

Keyword

Majidae
Schizophrys
spider crab
taxonomy
nomenclature
lectotype designation

Abstract

The nomenclature of the Indo-West Pacific spider crab genus Schizophrys White, 1848 (Majidae) is clarified, including the authorship, date of publication, and type species designation. The nomenclature of the genus is reviewed and species with confused taxonomic identities are discussed. The status of one poorly known species supposedly from the Mediterranean Sea, Schizophrys dichotomus Desmarest, 1823, is clarified. A type specimen of Mithrax asper H. Milne Edwards, 1831, one of the most widely reported Schizophrys species, was rediscovered and is herein designated as the lectotype. Inachus bifidus Marion de Procé, 1822 is here determined to be a synonym of Mithrax asper H. Milne Edwards, 1831, and we invoke Article 23.9.1.1 of the current zoological code to reverse the precedence of the names to conserve Mithrax asper, which is in current and prevailing usage.

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