Milne-Edwards, A. (1873). Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux ou peu connus provenant du Musée de M. C. Godeffroy. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> 1: 253-264, pls. 12-13., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10644[details]
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original descriptionMilne-Edwards, A. (1873). Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux ou peu connus provenant du Musée de M. C. Godeffroy. <em>Journal des Museum Godeffroy.</em> 1: 253-264, pls. 12-13., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10644[details]
basis of recordTürkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceNeave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online athttps://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality