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AfReMaS taxon details
Acanthonyx depressifrons
Manning & Holthuis, 1981
AphiaID
241056
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241056)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Arthropoda
(Phylum)
Crustacea
(Subphylum)
Multicrustacea
(Superclass)
Malacostraca
(Class)
Eumalacostraca
(Subclass)
Eucarida
(Superorder)
Decapoda
(Order)
Pleocyemata
(Suborder)
Brachyura
(Infraorder)
Eubrachyura
(Section)
Heterotremata
(Subsection)
Majoidea
(Superfamily)
Epialtidae
(Family)
Epialtinae
(Subfamily)
Acanthonyx
(Genus)
Acanthonyx depressifrons
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Acanthonyx
Latreille, 1828
Original name
Acanthonyx depressifrons
Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Manning, R.B.; Holthuis, L.B. (1981). West African brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 306: 1-379.
,
available online at
http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0306.pdf
[details]
Available for editors
Taxonomic citation
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet.
Acanthonyx depressifrons
Manning & Holthuis, 1981. 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=241056 on 2026-06-16
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.
Acanthonyx depressifrons
Manning & Holthuis, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241056 on 2026-06-16
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2007-06-12 14:12:52Z
created
Fransen, Charles
2022-03-14 07:23:56Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-22 12:03:54Z
changed
Ahyong, Shane
2022-09-23 16:23:12Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (2)
Attributes (9)
Links (2)
original description
Manning, R.B.; Holthuis, L.B. (1981). West African brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 306: 1-379.
,
available online at
http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0306.pdf
[details]
Available for editors
basis of record
Charles H.J.M. Fransen
(look up in
IMIS
)
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 127191)
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