IRMNG - Epialtus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

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Epialtus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

IRMNG_ID

1435581 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1435581)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838

Synonymised names

Carnifex Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted

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Species Epialtus bituberculatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Species Epialtus brasiliensis Dana, 1852
Species Epialtus dilatatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
Species Epialtus elongatus Rathbun, 1923
Species Epialtus hiltoni Rathbun, 1923
Species Epialtus kingsleyi Rathbun, 1923
Species Epialtus longirostris Stimpson, 1860
Species Epialtus minimus Lockington, 1877
Species Epialtus orientalis Sakai, 1969
Species Epialtus peruvianus Rathbun, 1923
Species Epialtus portoricensis Rathbun, 1923
Species Epialtus productus Randall, 1840
Species Epialtus sulcirostris Stimpson, 1860
Species Epialtus affinis Stimpson, 1859 accepted as Epialtus bituberculatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Species Epialtus crenulatus Rathbun, 1923 accepted as Epialtus minimus Lockington, 1877
Species Epialtus dentatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 accepted as Taliepus dentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Species Epialtus marginatus Bell, 1835 accepted as Taliepus marginatus (Bell, 1835)
Species Epialtus murphyi Garth, 1948 accepted as Epialtoides murphyi (Garth, 1948)
Species Epialtus nuttallii Randall, 1840 accepted as Taliepus nuttallii (Randall, 1840)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Milne Edwards, M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des crustacés : comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Tome Premier. Roret, Paris; 468 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54621
page(s): 344 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority given as Edwards, 1834 in Nomen. Zool. Authority given in WoRMS as H. Milne Edwards, 1834. Family given as...

Taxonomic remark Authority given as Edwards, 1834 in Nomen. Zool. Authority given in WoRMS as H. Milne Edwards, 1834. Family given as Epialtidae in WoRMS (Mar 2013), Majidae in De Grave et al., 2009. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Epialtus H. Milne Edwards, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435581 on 2026-10-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 07:44:35Z

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original description Milne Edwards, M. (1834). Histoire naturelle des crustacés : comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Tome Premier. Roret, Paris; 468 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54621
page(s): 344 [details]

basis of record De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified [details]

status source WoRMS (Nov 2016). [details]

verified source for family De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Ng et al., 2008 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

original description (of Carnifex Gistel, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs: Für höhere Schulen. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.. xvi+216 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

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