MSBIAS taxon details
Hippolyte Leach, 1814
106987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106987)
accepted
Genus
Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814 (type by monotypy)
- Species Hippolyte inermis Leach, 1816
- Species Hippolyte leptocerus (Heller, 1863)
- Species Hippolyte prideauxiana Leach, 1817
- Species Hippolyte varians Leach, 1814
- Species Hippolyte hunti (Gosse, 1877) accepted as Hippolyte prideauxiana Leach, 1817 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Hippolyte huntii (Gosse, 1877) accepted as Hippolyte prideauxiana Leach, 1817 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Hippolyte longirostris (Czerniavsky, 1868) accepted as Hippolyte leptocerus (Heller, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
note: [in Leach, 1813-1814] [details]
note: [in Leach, 1813-1814] [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Hippolyte Leach, 1814. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106987 on 2026-08-22
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Hippolyte Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106987 on 2026-08-22
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Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
note: [in Leach, 1813-1814] [details]
context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
note: [in Leach, 1813-1814] [details]
context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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
additional source De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 85(9): 195-589. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
