WoRMS taxon details
Halicarcinus planatus (Fabricius, 1775)
441785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:441785)
accepted
Species
Cancer orbiculus Fabricius, 1775 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer planatus Fabricius, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Elamena mexicana H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elamene mexicana H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of genus name)
Halicarcinus leachi Guérin, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (unjustified emendation)
Halicarcinus pubescens Dana, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hymenosoma leachii Guérin, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hymenosoma tridentata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Liriopea Lucasii Nicolet in Gay, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer planatus Fabricius, 1775) Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Sysnonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. [A System of Entomology, containing the Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species of Insects, with added Sysnonyms, Localities, Descriptions, and Observations.]. <em>Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae.</em> 832 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551417 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Halicarcinus planatus (Fabricius, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=441785 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer orbiculus Fabricius, 1775) Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Sysnonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. [A System of Entomology, containing the Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species of Insects, with added Sysnonyms, Localities, Descriptions, and Observations.]. <em>Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae.</em> 832 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551417 [details]
original description (of Halicarcinus pubescens Dana, 1851) 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]
original description (of Hymenosoma tridentata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) Hombron, J. B.; Jacquinot, H. (1842–1854). Crustacés. Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, Crustacés. Pls. 1–9. [details]
original description (of Cancer planatus Fabricius, 1775) Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Sysnonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. [A System of Entomology, containing the Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species of Insects, with added Sysnonyms, Localities, Descriptions, and Observations.]. <em>Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae.</em> 832 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551417 [details]
original description (of Elamene mexicana H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Hymenosoma leachii Guérin, 1832) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845 [details]
original description (of Liriopea Lucasii Nicolet in Gay, 1849) Gay, C. (1849). Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta Republica Durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno por Claudio Gay, Ciudadano Chileno, Individuo de varias Sociedades Cientificas Nacionales y Estrangeras Caballero de la Legion de Honor. En casa del Autor, Chile; El Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago, Paris. Zoologia, Tomo Tercero. 547 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16438157 [details]
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Halicarcinus pubescens Dana, 1851) 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]
original description (of Hymenosoma tridentata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) Hombron, J. B.; Jacquinot, H. (1842–1854). Crustacés. Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, Crustacés. Pls. 1–9. [details]
original description (of Cancer planatus Fabricius, 1775) Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Sysnonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. [A System of Entomology, containing the Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species of Insects, with added Sysnonyms, Localities, Descriptions, and Observations.]. <em>Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae.</em> 832 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25551417 [details]
original description (of Elamene mexicana H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Hymenosoma leachii Guérin, 1832) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845 [details]
original description (of Liriopea Lucasii Nicolet in Gay, 1849) Gay, C. (1849). Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta Republica Durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno por Claudio Gay, Ciudadano Chileno, Individuo de varias Sociedades Cientificas Nacionales y Estrangeras Caballero de la Legion de Honor. En casa del Autor, Chile; El Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago, Paris. Zoologia, Tomo Tercero. 547 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16438157 [details]
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
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Tavares, M.; Santana, W. (2015). A new genus and two new species of hymenosomatid crabs (Crustacea:Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from the southwestern Atlantic and eastern Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3905(1): 91-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3905.1.5 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Halicarcinus pubescens Dana, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halicarcinus planatus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2000-647) (from synonym Hymenosoma leachii Guérin, 1832)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2000-655) (from synonym Elamene mexicana H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Halicarcinus pubescens Dana, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halicarcinus planatus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2000-647) (from synonym Hymenosoma leachii Guérin, 1832)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2000-655) (from synonym Elamene mexicana H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
