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Rochinia crassa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)

Rochinia crassa
Rochinia crassa

107360  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107360)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Majoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Epialtidae (Family)
  16. Pisinae (Subfamily)
  17. Rochinia (Genus)
  18. Rochinia crassa (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Amathia agassizii SI Smith, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Amathia crassa A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) Milne-Edwards, A. (1878). Note sur quelques Crustacés nouveaux appartenant au groupe des Oxyrhynques. Bulletin de la Société philomatique de Paris, ser. 7. 2: 222-225. [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Nantucket Shoals off Massachusetts to Gulf of Mexico off Southern Texas; northern Cuba; W of Cabo de la Vela, Colombia; off...  
Distribution Nantucket Shoals off Massachusetts to Gulf of Mexico off Southern Texas; northern Cuba; W of Cabo de la Vela, Colombia; off French Guiana. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Rochinia crassa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107360 on 2025-05-13
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Türkay, Michael
2019-07-23 11:40:42Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-03-13 10:06:48Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-11-12 03:54:44Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Amathia crassa A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) Milne-Edwards, A. (1878). Note sur quelques Crustacés nouveaux appartenant au groupe des Oxyrhynques. Bulletin de la Société philomatique de Paris, ser. 7. 2: 222-225. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] 

additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details] 

additional source Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Nantucket Shoals off Massachusetts to Gulf of Mexico off Southern Texas; northern Cuba; W of Cabo de la Vela, Colombia; off French Guiana. [details]
LanguageName 
English inflated spiny crab  [details]
French crabe enflé  [details]
To Barcode of Life 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1024943 Dorsal View Male) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (82 records) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Rochinia crassa
Rochinia crassa
Rochinia crassa, 790 m Gulf of Mexico Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017. Identification from photograph by M. Wicksten.
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1024943 Dorsal View Male)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1024943 Dorsal View Male)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1024943 Ventral View Male)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1024943 Ventral View Male)
Hosted externally
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