WoRMS taxon details
Leucisca MacLeay, 1838
439424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439424)
accepted
Genus
Leucisca squalina MacLeay, 1838 (type by monotypy)
Carcinaspis Stimpson, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leucocarcinus Rathbun, 1897 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)
- Species Leucisca halimedophila Galil & Innocenti, 2019
- Species Leucisca levigena RW George & M Clark, 1976
- Species Leucisca rubifera (F Müller, 1887)
- Species Leucisca squalina MacLeay, 1838
- Species Leucisca phaenomma Stebbing, 1920 accepted as Leucisca squalina MacLeay, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Leucisca MacLeay, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439424 on 2024-04-23
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original description
MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]
original description (of Carcinaspis Stimpson, 1858) Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VI Crustacea Oxystomata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 159-163 [57-61 in separate]. [details]
original description (of Leucocarcinus Rathbun, 1897) Rathbun, M.J. (1897). A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 153-167. [details]
taxonomy source Poore, G. C. B. & Ahyong, S. T. (2023). Marine decapod Crustacea: a guide to the families and genera of the world. <em>CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.</em> xii + 916 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/9781486311798 [details]
original description (of Carcinaspis Stimpson, 1858) Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VI Crustacea Oxystomata. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 159-163 [57-61 in separate]. [details]
original description (of Leucocarcinus Rathbun, 1897) Rathbun, M.J. (1897). A revision of the nomenclature of the Brachyura. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 153-167. [details]
taxonomy source Poore, G. C. B. & Ahyong, S. T. (2023). Marine decapod Crustacea: a guide to the families and genera of the world. <em>CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.</em> xii + 916 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/9781486311798 [details]
