Abstract
The name Mursia minuta Spiridonov & Apel, 2007, was given to a living species from the Indian Ocean (Spiridonov & Apel 2007: 2870, figs. 2G, H, 4E, F, 8C, 10A–D, 11A, B, 12A, B). This name is preoccupied by the senior primary homonym Mursia minuta Karasawa, 1993, for a Pliocene fossil species from Japan (Karasawa 1993: 45, pl. 8, figs. 8, 10, 13, 14). In accordance with Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999: 62, 63) a new replacement name, Mursia spiridonovi is here proposed for Mursia minuta Spiridonov & Apel, 2007. It is named for V. A. Spiridonov (Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), in honor of his pioneering work on the extant decapods.
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Spiridonov, V.A. & Apel, M. (2007) A new species and new records of deep-water Calappidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Indian Ocean with a key to the Mursia Desmarest, 1823 species of the region. Journal of Natural History, 41 (45–48), 2851–2890.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701770786