Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Kingdom Eubrachyura > Kingdom Heterotremata > Superfamily Eriphioidea > Family Menippidae > Genus Sphaerozius

Sphaerozius nitidus Stimpson, 1858

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaerozius*	Stimpson, 1858	accepted genus name

Literature

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	Crosnier, A. (1984). Addendum: Familles des Carpiliidae et des Menippidae. In Serene: Crustaces Decapodes Brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. ORSTOM.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Sphaerozius nitidus Stimpson, 1858. 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:107411