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Holometopus obesus (Dana, 1851)

207566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207566)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederate Duce, lexit et descripsit. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 5(10): 247-254. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Holometopus obesus (Dana, 1851). 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=207566 on 2026-07-16
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. Holometopus obesus (Dana, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207566 on 2026-07-16
Date
action
by
1997-02-13 09:54:01Z
created
2014-02-11 16:31:36Z
changed
2023-01-09 13:12:00Z
changed

original description (of ) Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederate Duce, lexit et descripsit. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 5(10): 247-254. [details] OpenAccess publication

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