Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura > Superfamily Chirostyloidea > Family Chirostylidae > Genus Gastroptychus

Gastroptychus formosus (Filhol, 1884)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gastroptychus*	Caullery, 1896	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Filhol, H., 1884. Explorations sous-marines. Voyage du ”Talisman”.— La Nature 12: 119-122, 134-138, 147-151, 161-164, 182-186, 198-202, 230-234, 278-282, 326-330, 391-394.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Baba K., Macpherson E., Poore G., Ahyong S., Bermudez A., Cabezas P., Lin C., Nizinski M., Rodrigues C. & Schnabel K. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). (Zootaxa 1905). 220 pp.; 30 cm.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Gastroptychus formosus (Filhol, 1884). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107140