McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31
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Lithodes aequispinus
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Lithodes aequispinus: Comments
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McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: P
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McLaughlin et al. (2005) note: "This species was incorrectly cited as Lithodes aequispina in the first edition, as was the date of publication as 1894. Although J. E. Benedict, 1895, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 17(1016):481, erred in assigning a masculine ending to a feminine noun ("spina"), there is no indication that this was an inadvertent error Therefore, according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 1999:32.5, it is not an original misspelling that must be corrected. The preprint of Benedict's paper, while appearing with the cover date of 1894, was actually published on January 29, 1895 (Anonymous, 1947, U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 193:82)."