African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Eumedonus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

WoRMS taxon details

Eumedonus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

AphiaID

206750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206750)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Eumedonus niger H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Eumedonidae Dana, 1853
Eumedoninae Dana, 1852

Parent

Eumedoninae Dana, 1852

Original name

Eumedonus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

Synonymised names

Eumedon H. Milne Edwards, 1834 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Eumedonus brevirhynchus Chia & Ng, 1999
Species Eumedonus intermedius Chia & Ng, 1999
Species Eumedonus niger H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Species Eumedonus vicinus Rathbun, 1918
Species Eumedonus zebra Alcock, 1895
Species Eumedonus granulosus MacGilchrist, 1905 accepted as Gonatonotus granulosus (MacGilchrist, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Eumedonus pentagonus (White, 1847) accepted as Gonatonotus pentagonus White, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Eumedonus Petiti Gravier, 1922 accepted as Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Eumedonus villosus Rathbun, 1918 accepted as Eumedonus niger H. Milne Edwards, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Eumedonus H. Milne Edwards, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206750 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-19 07:58:39Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2022-05-21 13:28:35Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-02-21 01:27:53Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	ゴカクゼブラガニ属	[details]

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