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Inachus Weber, 1795

Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777
Inachus dorsettensis Pennant, 1777

106905  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106905)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Majoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Inachidae (Family)
  16. Inachinae (Subfamily)
  17. Inachus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cancer scorpio Fabricius, 1779 accepted as Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777) (type by subsequent designation)
Leptopodia Leach, 1814 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macropus Latreille, 1803 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Macropus Shaw,...)  
junior homonym of Macropus Shaw, 1790 (Mammalia)
Pseudocollodes Rathbun, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Inachus aguiarii de Brito Capello, 1876
  2. Species Inachus angolensis Capart, 1951
  3. Species Inachus biceps Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  4. Species Inachus communissimus Rizza, 1839
  5. Species Inachus complectens (Rathbun, 1911)
  6. Species Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777)
  7. Species Inachus gaditanus García-Raso, González-Ortegón, Palero & Cuesta, 2022
  8. Species Inachus grallator Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  9. Species Inachus guentheri (Miers, 1879)
  10. Species Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
  11. Species Inachus nanus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  12. Species Inachus parvirostris (Risso, 1816)
  13. Species Inachus phalangium (Fabricius, 1775)
  14. Species Inachus thoracicus Roux, 1830
  15. Subgenus Inachus (Achaeus) Leach, 1817 accepted as Achaeus Leach, 1817 (superseded status)
    1. Species Inachus (Achaeus) japonicus De Haan, 1839 accepted as Achaeus japonicus (De Haan, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Subgenus Inachus (Elamene) H. Milne Edwards, 1837 accepted as Elamena H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, superseded status)
    1. Subgenus Inachus (Microrhynchus) Bell, 1835 accepted as Collodes Stimpson, 1860 (superseded status of junior synonym)
      1. Species Inachus (Microrhynchus) lambriformis De Haan, 1839 accepted as Inachoides lambriformis (De Haan, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Subgenus Inachus (Oncinopus) De Haan, 1839 accepted as Oncinopus De Haan, 1839
      1. Species Inachus (Oncinopus) araneus De Haan, 1839 accepted as Oncinopus araneus (De Haan, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Inachus affinis Rizza, 1839 accepted as Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    4. Species Inachus antarcticus Doflein, 1904 accepted as Inachus guentheri (Miers, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    5. Species Inachus arabicus Rüppell, 1830 accepted as Menaethius monoceros (Latreille, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    6. Species Inachus araneus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hyas araneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    7. Species Inachus cardenensis Gundlach & Torralbas, 1900 accepted as Euprognatha rastellifera Stimpson, 1871 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    8. Species Inachus cocco Rizza, 1839 accepted as Inachus thoracicus Roux, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    9. Species Inachus dorhynchus Leach, 1815 accepted as Inachus dorynchus Leach, 1815 accepted as Inachus phalangium (Fabricius, 1775) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    10. Species Inachus dorynchus Leach, 1815 accepted as Inachus phalangium (Fabricius, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    11. Species Inachus hybridus Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Doclea muricata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    12. Species Inachus hybridus Weber, 1795 accepted as Doclea muricata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
    13. Species Inachus leptorinchus Leach, 1817 accepted as Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    14. Species Inachus levigatus Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Acanthonyx lunulatus (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    15. Species Inachus lorina Adams & White, 1848 accepted as Achaeus lorina (Adams & White, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    16. Species Inachus maja (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Lithodes maja (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    17. Species Inachus mauritanicus Lucas, 1846 accepted as Inachus communissimus Rizza, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    18. Species Inachus mitis Poeppig, 1836 accepted as Taliepus dentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    19. Species Inachus musivus Otto, 1821 accepted as Pisa nodipes Leach, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    20. Species Inachus scorpio (Fabricius, 1779) accepted as Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    21. Species Inachus tomentosus Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Pisa tetraodon (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    22. Species Inachus tuberculatus Lockington, 1877 accepted as Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    23. Species Inachus australis Gray, 1831 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    24. Species Inachus bifidus Marion de Procé, 1822 accepted as Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards, 1831) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    25. Species Inachus inflexus Marion de Procé, 1822 accepted as Micippa platipes Rüppell, 1830 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
    marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
    recent + fossil
    Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii.
    page(s): 93 [details] OpenAccess publication
    DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Inachus Weber, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106905 on 2025-07-17
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    2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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    Türkay, Michael
    2005-03-24 08:41:58Z
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    Cuvelier, Daphne
    2006-01-04 12:34:08Z
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    Vanden Berghe, Edward
    2009-12-16 08:58:17Z
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    Davie, Peter
    2011-01-19 07:58:39Z
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    Davie, Peter
    2016-06-07 06:26:06Z
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    Davie, Peter
    2019-12-02 11:22:13Z
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    De Grave, Sammy
    2022-07-17 03:21:49Z
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    Boyko, Christopher B.

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    Nomenclature

    original description Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii.
    page(s): 93 [details] OpenAccess publication

    original description (of Pseudocollodes Rathbun, 1911) Rathbun, M.J. (1911). Marine Brachyura. In: The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Volume III. No. XI. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, Series 2.</em> 14(2): 191-261, pls. 15-20. [details] OpenAccess publication

    original description (of Leptopodia Leach, 1814) Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] OpenAccess publication

    original description (of Macropus Latreille, 1803) Latreille, P. A. (1803). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. <em>Paris, F. Dufart.</em> 6: 1-391, pls. 44-57 [published 18 April 1803 fide Dupuis, 1986]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24882091 [details] 

    basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

    Other

    context source (WoRCS) Bianchi, C. N.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Morri, C.; Froglia, C. (2022). Distribution and Ecology of Decapod Crustaceans in Mediterranean Marine Caves: A Review. <em>Diversity.</em> 14(3): 176., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/176 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    additional source Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    		 
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    To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macropus) (from synonym Macropus Latreille, 1803)
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