Name - Thenus Leach 1815

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1902549 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Thenus

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Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• A revision of the shovel-nosed lobsters of the genus Thenus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae), with descriptions of three new species.
• Opinion 519. Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of twenty three genera of Macrura Reptantia (Class Crustacea) and use of the Plenary Powers in regard to three matters connected therewith.
• Proposed addition to the "Official list of generic names in Zoology" of the names of twenty-five Genera of Macrura Reptantia (Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda), including proposals for the use of the plenary powers (a) To validate the spelling "Cherax" as the valid original spelling for the Generic name published as "Cherax" and "Cheraps" by Erichson in 1846, (b) To suppress the specifi name "Goudotii" Guerin-Meneville, 1839, as published in the combination "Astacoides goudotii", and (c) To validate the emendation to "Palinurus" of the Generic name "Pallinurus" Weber, 1795.
• A New Record of Shovel-Nosed Lobster Thenus unimaculatus Burton and Davie 2007 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) from the Coastal Waters of Pakistan.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Trans. Linnean Soc. London, XI(2) 1815: 338. [Index Animalium Entry]

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