African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Camposcia Latreille, 1829

Camposcia retusa BluntDecoratorCrab DMS

AphiaID

204171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204171)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Inachidae MacLeay, 1838

Original name

Camposcia Latreille, 1829

Direct children (1)

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Species Camposcia retusa (Latreille, 1829)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101. xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Camposcia Latreille, 1829. 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=204171 on 2026-02-20

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. Camposcia Latreille, 1829. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204171 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-04-16 06:07:12Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

1998-01-21 07:36:29Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-17 12:52:43Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2022-07-25 01:37:11Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-02-16 21:15:09Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101. xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [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]