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1 March 2009 Opinion 2217 (Case 3389)
Heterocarpus gibbosus Bate, 1888 (Crustacea, Decapoda, pandalidae): replacement of the holotype by a neotype
Abstract

The holotype of the deep-sea pandalid prawn Heterocarpus gibbosus Bate, 1888 is extremely poorly preserved. With this ruling it is replaced with a recently collected neotype from the type locality in the Philippines.

"Opinion 2217 (Case 3389)
Heterocarpus gibbosus Bate, 1888 (Crustacea, Decapoda, pandalidae): replacement of the holotype by a neotype," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(1), 91-92, (1 March 2009). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v66i1.a11
Published: 1 March 2009
KEYWORDS
Decapoda
Heterocarpus gibbosus
nomenclature
pandalid prawn
pandalidae
Philippines
taxonomy
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