WoRMS name details
original description
(of Acanthonyx scutellatus MacLeay, 1838) MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]
basis of record
Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Distribution Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958) [details]
Spelling or D. scutellatusin Kalk (1958). [details]
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