WoRMS taxon details
Alionectes spinipes (Miers, 1886)
1587903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1587903)
accepted
Species
Neptunus (Amphitrite) spinipes Miers, 1886 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portunus (Xiphonectes) spinipes (Miers, 1886) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xiphonectes spinipes (Miers, 1886) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Neptunus (Amphitrite) spinipes Miers, 1886) Miers, E.J. (1886). Report on the Brachyura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> XVII(XLIX): l [= 50] + 362 pp., pls. I-XXIX., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11615 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Alionectes spinipes (Miers, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1587903 on 2026-07-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Neptunus (Amphitrite) spinipes Miers, 1886) Miers, E.J. (1886). Report on the Brachyura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> XVII(XLIX): l [= 50] + 362 pp., pls. I-XXIX., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11615 [details]
basis of record Koch, M.; Spiridonov, V. A.; Ďuriš, Z. (2022). Revision of the generic system for the swimming crab subfamily Portuninae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) based on molecular and morphological analyses. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 197(1): 127-175 [ICZN compliant published online 10 June 2022; published in journal January 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac017 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Koch, M.; Spiridonov, V. A.; Ďuriš, Z. (2022). Revision of the generic system for the swimming crab subfamily Portuninae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) based on molecular and morphological analyses. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 197(1): 127-175 [ICZN compliant published online 10 June 2022; published in journal January 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac017 [details] Available for editors
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