African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Varuna H. Milne Edwards in Bory de Saint Vincent, 1830

AfReMaS taxon details

Varuna H. Milne Edwards in Bory de Saint Vincent, 1830

AphiaID

206103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206103)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Varuninae H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Original name

Varuna H. Milne Edwards in Bory de Saint Vincent, 1830

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Species Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798)
Species Varuna tomentosa Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Milne Edwards, H. (1830). Varuna. <em>In: Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed,) Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle, par Messieurs Audouin, Bourdon, Brongniart, de Candolle, et al.</em> 16: 511., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24395558
page(s): 511 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Varuna H. Milne Edwards in Bory de Saint Vincent, 1830. 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=206103 on 2026-08-10

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. Varuna H. Milne Edwards in Bory de Saint Vincent, 1830. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206103 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-13 09:54:01Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-07 07:31:19Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2016-07-22 07:19:58Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2022-05-13 06:51:56Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

2023-02-07 07:48:44Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Milne Edwards, H. (1830). Varuna. <em>In: Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed,) Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle, par Messieurs Audouin, Bourdon, Brongniart, de Candolle, et al.</em> 16: 511., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24395558
page(s): 511 [details]

basis of record Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1975.tb02235.x [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Varuna)
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