Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Dendrobranchiata > Superfamily Penaeoidea > Family Aristeidae > Genus Cerataspis

Cerataspis monstrosus Gray, 1828

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cerataspis*	Gray, 1828	accepted genus name
*Plesiopenaeus*	Spence Bate, 1881	synonym

Species group names

*Aristeus armatus*	Spence Bate, 1881	synonym
*Plesiopenaeus armatus*	(Spence Bate, 1881)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: monstrous gamba prawn sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: gamba monstrueuse

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830).
basis of record	De Grave, S.; Fransen, C.H.J.M. (2011). Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 85(9): 195-589.
status source	Bracken-Grissom, H. D.; Felder, D. L.; Vollmer, N. L.; Martin, J. W.; Crandall, K. A. (2012). Phylogenetics links monster larva to deep-sea shrimp. Ecology and Evolution. 2(10): 2367-2373.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cerataspis monstrosus Gray, 1828. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:589796