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duperreyi

History

Primary Senior Synonym
Gelasimus tetragonon
Original Usage
Gelasimus Duperreyi
Original Source with Priority
Guérin-Méneville, F.-E. (1829) Atlas: Zoologie: Crustacés. Insectes. Zoophytes. in Voyage Autour du Monde, Execué par Ordre du Roi, Sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, L.I. Dupereey, ed., Volume 5. Paris: Arthus Bertrand.
Derivation
Likely named after the French admiral, Guy-Victor Duperré.

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Notes/Comments

Gelasimus Duperreyi Guérin-Méneville, 1826, is a junior synonym of Gelasimus tetragonon (Herbst, 1790).

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