smooth spooner
Etisus laevimanus Randall, 1840
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
- Etisus laevimanus Randall, 1840
- Name authority
- Randall, 1840
- Common name
- smooth spooner
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Xanthidae
- Genus
- Etisus
- 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
- superfamilyXanthoidea MacLeay, 1838
- familyXanthidae MacLeay, 1838
- subfamilyEtisinae Ortmann, 1893
- genusEtisus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
- speciesEtisus laevimanus Randall, 1840
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Etisus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Etisus armatus (Ward, 1942) | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus australis (Ward, 1936) | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus bifrontalis (Edmondson, 1935) | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus demani Odhner, 1925 | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785) | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus electra (Herbst, 1801) | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus maculatus (Stimpson, 1860) | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus odhneri Takeda, 1971 | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus rhynchophorus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus sakaii Takeda & Miyake, 1968 | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| splendid pebble crabEtisus splendidus Rathbun, 1906 | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etisus villosus Clark & Galil, 1995 | XanthidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Etisus macrodactylus Lucas in Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853 Lucas in Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853 | synonym |
| Etisus macrodactylus Bianconi, 1851 Bianconi, 1851 | synonym |
| Etisus maculatus Heller, 1861 Heller, 1861 | synonym |
| Etisus convexus Stimpson, 1858 Stimpson, 1858 | synonym |
| Chlorodopsis espinosus Borradaile, 1902 Borradaile, 1902 | synonym |
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.
- Randall, J. W. (1840). Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nutall and J.K. Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localities, previously existing in the collection of the Academy. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, 8: 106–147, pls. 3–7. 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:3BLZN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.