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Achelous tumidulus Stimpson 1871

Description

Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871

Diagnosis.Two spines on palm; row of spinules but no spine on posterodistal margin of merus of each swimming leg. Movable part of antenna excluded from orbit by prolongation of basal segment; anterolateral teeth of carapace, alternatively large and small (ABELE & KIM, 1986).

Material examined. CCDGR.– 1 juvenile; 2 ♂.

Measurements.CW: juvenile 8.58 mm; ♂ 16.10–16.85 mm. CL: 6.38 mm; ♂ 11.30–11.50 mm.

Habitat. Sandy intertidal bottoms (HERNANDEZ-ÁVILA et al., 2007). Now in seagrass meadows.

General distribution. Western Atlantic. From Bermuda to Santa Catarina, Brazil; including Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, the Antilles, and the Guyanas (RODRÍGUEZ, 1980; MELO, 1999).

Distribution in Venezuela. Cubagua Island (HERNANDEZ-ÁVILA et al., 2007). Now in Paraguaná Peninsula, FalcÓn state.

Notes

Published as part of Mariño, Joany, Mendoza, María Daniela & López-Sánchez, Beatriz, 2018, Composition and abundance of decapod crustaceans in mixed seagrass meadows in the Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela, pp. 1-10 in Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2018004) (e 2018004) 108 on page 9, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2018004, http://zenodo.org/record/10979355

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stimpson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Portunidae
Genus
Achelous
Species
tumidulus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871 sec. Mariño, Mendoza & López-Sánchez, 2018