Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

WoRMS taxon details

Lithodes Latreille, 1806

Lithodes maja - dried

AphiaID

106845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106845)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cancer Maja Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Lithodinae Samouelle, 1819

Original name

Lithodes Latreille, 1806

Synonymised names

Pseudolithodes Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (55)

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Species Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895
Species Lithodes ahyongi Takeda, 2018
Species Lithodes aotearoa Ahyong, 2010
Species Lithodes australiensis Ahyong, 2010
Species Lithodes ceramensis Takeda & Nagai, 2004
Species Lithodes chaddertoni Ahyong, 2010
Species Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988
Species Lithodes couesi Benedict, 1895
Species Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885
Species Lithodes formosae Ahyong & Chan, 2010
Species Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009
Species Lithodes jessica Ahyong, 2010
Species Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971
Species Lithodes macquariae Ahyong, 2010
Species Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lithodes mamillifer Macpherson, 1988
Species Lithodes manningi Macpherson, 1988
Species Lithodes megacantha Macpherson, 1991
Species Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888
Species Lithodes nintokuae Sakai, 1978
Species Lithodes panamensis Faxon, 1893
Species Lithodes paulayi Macpherson & Chan, 2008
Species Lithodes rachelae Ahyong, 2010
Species Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990
Species Lithodes robertsoni Ahyong, 2010
Species Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782)
Species Lithodes turkayi Macpherson, 1988
Species Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892
Species Lithodes unicornis Macpherson, 1984
Species Lithodes wiracocha Haig, 1974
Subgenus Lithodes (Paralithodes) Brandt, 1848 accepted as Paralithodes Brandt, 1848
Subgenus Lithodes (Petalocerus) White, 1855 accepted as Phyllolithodes Brandt, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
1. Species Lithodes (Petalocerus) Bellianus White, 1855 accepted as Phyllolithodes papillosus Brandt, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes agassizii Smith, 1882 accepted as Neolithodes agassizii (Smith, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes antarctica Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842 accepted as Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes arctica Latreille, 1806 accepted as Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes arcticus Latreille, 1808 accepted as Lithodes arctica Latreille, 1806 accepted as Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Lithodes brevipes H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1841 accepted as Paralithodes brevipes (H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1841) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes californiensis Benedict, 1895 accepted as Paralithodes californiensis (Benedict, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes diomedeae Benedict, 1895 accepted as Neolithodes diomedeae (Benedict, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes dubius Brandt, 1848 accepted as Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes goodei Benedict, 1895 accepted as Neolithodes grimaldii (A Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes granulata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 accepted as Paralomis granulosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Lithodes granulosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 accepted as Paralomis granulosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes Grimaldii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894 accepted as Neolithodes grimaldii (A Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes histrix De Haan, 1849 accepted as Paralomis histrix (De Haan, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes japonica von Siebold, 1824 accepted as Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes maia (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Lithodes platypus Brandt, 1851 accepted as Paralithodes platypus (Brandt, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes platypus Brandt, 1850 accepted as Paralithodes platypus (Brandt, 1851) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Lithodes rathbuni Benedict, 1895 accepted as Paralithodes rathbuni (Benedict, 1895) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Lithodes spinosissimus Brandt, 1848 accepted as Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes tropicalis Bouvier, 1895 accepted as Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Lithodes tropicalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1883 accepted as Lithodes ferox Filhol, 1885 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Lithodes verrucosa Dana, 1852 accepted as Paralomis granulosa (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Amand Koenig, Parisiis et Argentorati (Paris & Strasbourg). 1: xviii + 303 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4819 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Lithodes Latreille, 1806. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106845 on 2024-11-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2021-11-30 12:24:14Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2023-12-12 11:20:00Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

Licensing

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original description Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Amand Koenig, Parisiis et Argentorati (Paris & Strasbourg). 1: xviii + 303 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4819 [details]

original description (of Pseudolithodes Birstein & Vinogradov, 1972) Birstein, Y.A.; Vinogradov, L.G. (1972). Craboids (Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) of the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic, South America and south Africa [in Russian]. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal. 51(3): 351-363. [details] Available for editors

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context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]