Doclea alcocki Laurie, 1906
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Doclea alcocki Laurie, 1906
- Name authority
- Laurie, 1906
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Epialtidae
- Genus
- Doclea
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderDecapoda
- suborderPleocyemata
- infraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802
- section zoologyEubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
- subsection zoologyHeterotremata Guinot, 1977
- superfamilyMajoidea Samouelle, 1819
- familyEpialtidae MacLeay, 1838
- subfamilyPisinae Dana, 1851
- genusDoclea Leach, 1815
- speciesDoclea alcocki Laurie, 1906
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Doclea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Doclea brachyrhynchos Bleeker, 1856 | EpialtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doclea ovis (Fabricius, 1787) | EpialtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doclea rissoni Leach, 1815 | EpialtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doclea unidentata Chen & Ng, 2004 | EpialtidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Laurie, R. D. (1906). Ceylon Pearl Fisheries 1906—supplementary reports, no. XL. Report on the Brachyura collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman WA (ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. With Supplementary Reports Upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon by Other Naturalists. Part V. The Royal Society, London, pp. 349–432, pls. 1–2. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:372VL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.