MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Mithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790)

WoRMS name details

Mithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790)

AphiaID

442119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442119)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Amphithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mithrax Latreille, 1816

Original name

Cancer aculeatus Herbst, 1790

Synonymised names

Cancer aculeatus Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mithrax trispinosus Kingsley, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Cancer aculeatus Herbst, 1790) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)

Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Mithrax aculeatus (Herbst, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442119 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-17 14:15:58Z

created

Davie, Peter

2018-06-08 11:49:35Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-01-05 17:53:35Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-03-28 15:00:30Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-04-30 09:26:35Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

2022-11-18 02:06:18Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cancer aculeatus Herbst, 1790) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]