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Birgus Leach, 1816

205065  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205065)

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  1. Species Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767)
  2. Species Birgus laticauda Latreille, 1829 accepted as Birgus latro (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Birgus Leach, 1816. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205065 on 2024-03-29
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Birgus Leach, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205065 on 2024-03-29
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1997-04-14 08:44:51Z
created
1998-01-05 11:51:37Z
changed
2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2009-08-17 13:15:28Z
changed
2010-09-16 12:23:50Z
changed
2020-05-24 06:57:53Z
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original description Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Haig, J.; Ball, E.E. (1988). Hermit Crabs from North Australian and Eastern Indonesian waters (Crustacea Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) collected during the 1975 Alpha Helix expedition. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40: 151–196. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Supplement 23: 5–107. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality