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Achelous De Haan 1833

  • 1. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. CEP 04263 - 000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Description

Genus Achelous De Haan, 1833

Type species. Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819 [Type locality: Brazil].

Remarks. It is possible to narrow down the type locality of Portunus spinimanus to Brazil based on Latreille’s (1819: 47) statement in the original description “Cette espèce se trouve dans les mers de l’Amérique; elle est commune sur les côtes du Brésil ”.

Notes

Published as part of TAVARES, MARCOS & MENDONÇA, JOEL BRAGA DE JR., 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 5146 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7626155

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
De Haan
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Portunidae
Genus
Achelous
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Achelous Haan, 1833 sec. TAVARES & MENDONÇA, 2022

References

  • De Haan, W. (1833 - 1850) Crustacea. In: Siebold, P. F. von (Ed.), Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, Quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823 - 1830 Collegit, Noitis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Lugduni-Batavorum, Leiden, pp. i - xxxi + ix - xvi + 1 - 55.
  • Latreille, P. A. (1819) Portune spinimane, Portunus spinimanus. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 28, 47.