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caerulens

History

Primary Senior Synonym
Tubuca paradussumieri
Original Usage
Gelasimus caerulens
Original Source with Priority
Adams, A. (1848) Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the voyage of the H.M.S. Samarang under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. Pp. 223–532 in Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, during the years 1843–46; Employed surveying the islands of the Eastern Archipelago; Accompanied by a brief vocabulary of the principal languages, E. Belcher, ed., Volume 2. London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve.
Derivation
Names for the “beautiful blue colour of its carapace.”

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Notes/Comments

The name was only used a single time in an obscure publication in 1848 with little in the way of description beyond its color and is considered a nomen oblitum ; the species is known under the accepted name Tubuca paradussumieri (Bott, 1973).

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