Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family
Author
PETER CASTRO
Author
PETER K. L. NG
Author
SHANE T. AHYONG
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Zootaxa
2004
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10.5281/zenodo.158851
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Domecia hispida
Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
(Plate 1A)
Domecia hispida
Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
: 235
, pl. 2, figs. 5–10.
Remarks.
There is a problem with the nomenclature of this wellknown and widely distributed species as there appears to be an older name,
Cancer tridentatus
Forskål, 1775
. The original description of
Cancer tridentatus
Forskål, 1775
(from Suez, Red Sea), is too brief to be certain of its identity, but as it is, it fits the genus
Domecia
as presently understood. The description best fits
Domecia hispida
Eydoux and Souleyet, 1842
, which is present in the Red Sea. As Forskål's material is no longer extant, we can never be certain. However, to have the senior name replacing the widely used name of
Domecia hispida
serves no real purpose in our opinion, and we invoke Article 23.9.2 of the current zoological code in suppressing the senior name. Certainly, the name
Cancer tridentatus
Forskål, 1775
, has never been used since its description while the name
Domecia hispida
has been regularly used over the last few decades.