Achaeus Leach, 1817
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https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2016019 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14665615 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F979EC25-FF9D-FFAF-FE9E-F938A4B4B40D |
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Felipe |
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Achaeus Leach, 1817 |
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Genus Achaeus Leach, 1817 View in CoL
Remarks. Achaeus Leach, 1817 ,is a widely dispersed genus known from the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-West Pacific. The genus has 37 recognised species (Griffin & Tranter, 1986; Ng et al., 2008), including the type species Achaeus cranchii Leach, 1817 . The present specimen from Easter Island has a combination of characters that make it different from all other Achaeus taxa and is described here as a new species.
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