Family LITOCHEIRIDAE Kinahan, 1856
Compiler and date details
May 2012 - Peter Davie, Queensland Museum, Brisbane
- Litocheiridae Kinahan, J.R. 1856. Remarks on the habits and distribution of marine Crustacea on the eastern shores of Port Philip, Victoria, Australia, with descriptions of undescribed species and genera. Journal of the Royal Dublin Society 1(3): 111-134 [116].
Type genus:
Litocheira Kinahan, 1856. - Litocheiridae Števčić, Z. 2005. The reclassification of Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Natura Croatica 14(1): 1–159.
Type genus:
Litocheira Kinahan, 1856.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Low, M.E.Y., Monaghan, N.T. & Holmes, J.M.C. 2012. The Brachyura described by John Robert Kinahan, and a discussion on Kinahan’s overlooked authorship of the family-group name Litocheiridae (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zootaxa 44–52
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | DECAPODA Latreille, 1802 | 08-Mar-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 27-Mar-2012 | ADDED |