African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Inachus Weber, 1795

Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777

AphiaID

106905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106905)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Inachinae MacLeay, 1838

Original name

Inachus Weber, 1795

Synonymised names

Pseudocollodes Rathbun, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Inachus aguiarii de Brito Capello, 1876
Species Inachus angolensis Capart, 1951
Species Inachus biceps Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Species Inachus complectens (Rathbun, 1911)
Species Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777)
Species Inachus grallator Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Species Inachus guentheri (Miers, 1879)
Species Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
Species Inachus nanus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Species Inachus phalangium (Fabricius, 1775)
Species Inachus thoracicus Roux, 1830

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii.
page(s): 93 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Inachus Weber, 1795. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106905 on 2026-02-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Inachus Weber, 1795. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106905 on 2026-02-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2006-01-04 12:34:08Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-19 07:58:39Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2016-06-07 06:26:06Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2019-12-02 11:22:13Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-07-17 03:21:49Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii.
page(s): 93 [details]

original description (of Pseudocollodes Rathbun, 1911) Rathbun, M.J. (1911). Marine Brachyura. In: The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Volume III. No. XI. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, Series 2. 14(2): 191-261, pls. 15-20. [details]

context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. Diversity. 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors

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 Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors