WoRMS taxon details

Achelous depressifrons (Stimpson, 1859)

557881  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557881)

accepted
Species
Amphitrite depressifrons Stimpson, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portunus (Achelous) bahamensis Rathbun, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Portunus (Achelous) depressifrons (Stimpson, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amphitrite depressifrons Stimpson, 1859) Stimpson, W. (1859). Notes on North American Crustacea, no. 1. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(11): 49-93, 1 pl. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)  
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Achelous depressifrons (Stimpson, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557881 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
by
2011-01-05 08:26:45Z
created
2021-01-06 12:10:07Z
changed
2022-04-12 08:25:46Z
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original description  (of Amphitrite depressifrons Stimpson, 1859) Stimpson, W. (1859). Notes on North American Crustacea, no. 1. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(11): 49-93, 1 pl. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Portunus (Achelous) bahamensis Rathbun, 1930) Rathbun, M.J. (1930). The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae, and Xanthidae. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 152: 1-609, Pls. 1–230. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]

Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
LanguageName 
English flatface swimming crabflat-browed crab  [details]
German Flachbrauen-Schwimmkrabbe  [details]