WoRMS taxon details
Achelous asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
557879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557879)
accepted
Species
Achelous transversus Stimpson, 1871 · unaccepted
Acheloüs transversus Stimpson, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Amphitrite paucispinis Lockington, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Neptunus asper A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portunus (Portunus) asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portunus asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Neptunus asper A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Milne-Edwards, A. (1861). Études zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 10: 309-428, pls. XXVIII–XXXVIII. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Achelous asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557879 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amphitrite paucispinis Lockington, 1877) Lockington, W.N. (1877). Remarks on the Crustacea of the west coast of North America, with a catalogue of the species in the Museum of the California Academy of Sciences. Cancroidea. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 7: 94-108. [details]
original description (of Neptunus asper A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Milne-Edwards, A. (1861). Études zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 10: 309-428, pls. XXVIII–XXXVIII. [details]
original description (of Acheloüs transversus Stimpson, 1871) Stimpson, W. (1871). Notes on North American Crustacea in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. III. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 10: 92-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1874.tb00028.x [details]
new combination reference Mantelatto, F.L.; Robles, R.; Schubart, C.D.; Felder, D.L. (2009). Molecular phylogeny of the genus <em>Cronius</em> Stimpson, 1860, with reassignment of <em>C. tumidulus</em> and several American species of <em>Portunus</em> to the genus <em>Achelous</em> De Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Portunidae). <em>In: Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds).</em> CRC Press, England, pp. 567–579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420092592-c29 [details]
original description (of Neptunus asper A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) Milne-Edwards, A. (1861). Études zoologiques sur les Crustacés récents de la famille des Portuniens. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 10: 309-428, pls. XXVIII–XXXVIII. [details]
original description (of Acheloüs transversus Stimpson, 1871) Stimpson, W. (1871). Notes on North American Crustacea in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. III. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 10: 92-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1874.tb00028.x [details]
new combination reference Mantelatto, F.L.; Robles, R.; Schubart, C.D.; Felder, D.L. (2009). Molecular phylogeny of the genus <em>Cronius</em> Stimpson, 1860, with reassignment of <em>C. tumidulus</em> and several American species of <em>Portunus</em> to the genus <em>Achelous</em> De Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Portunidae). <em>In: Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds).</em> CRC Press, England, pp. 567–579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420092592-c29 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Portunus asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous asper)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Neptunus asper A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Portunus asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records) (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous asper)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Neptunus asper A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Portunus asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records) (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861))
