African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Gelastocaris Kemp, 1914

AphiaID

203892 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203892)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hippolytidae Spence Bate, 1888

Original name

Gelastocaris Kemp, 1914

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Species Gelastocaris paronai (Nobili, 1905)
Species Gelastocaris paronae (Nobili, 1905) accepted as Gelastocaris paronai (Nobili, 1905) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, original spelling corrected in Opinion 470 (ICZN, 1957))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Kemp, S. (1914). Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. V. Hippolytidae. Records of the Indian Museum. 10: 81-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5624 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Gelastocaris Kemp, 1914. 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=203892 on 2026-07-10

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. Gelastocaris Kemp, 1914. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203892 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-09-11 16:01:23Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-09 09:49:35Z

checked

De Grave, Sammy

2011-11-30 07:54:12Z

changed

Fransen, Charles

2021-05-09 10:22:41Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2025-01-10 10:48:44Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Kemp, S. (1914). Notes on Crustacea Decapoda in the Indian Museum. V. Hippolytidae. Records of the Indian Museum. 10: 81-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5624 [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 De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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Introduced: alien

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