African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Achaeopsis Stimpson, 1857

AphiaID

203818 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203818)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Achaeopsis spinulosus Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Achaeopsis spinulosa Stimpson, 1857 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Inachidae MacLeay, 1838

Original name

Achaeopsis Stimpson, 1857

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Species Achaeopsis spinulosa Stimpson, 1857
Species Achaeopsis spinulosus Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Achaeopsis spinulosa Stimpson, 1857 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Achaeopsis thomsoni (Thompson, 1873) accepted as Dorhynchus thomsoni Thomson, 1873 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars III.Crustacea Maioidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 216-221 [23-28 in separata]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51447 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Achaeopsis Stimpson, 1857. 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://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203818 on 2026-02-19

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. Achaeopsis Stimpson, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203818 on 2026-02-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-09-11 16:01:23Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-04 10:51:58Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-17 11:30:19Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2019-08-29 14:20:25Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2020-12-04 12:34:58Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars III.Crustacea Maioidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 216-221 [23-28 in separata]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51447 [details]

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

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Introduced: alien

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