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Portunus (Portunus) sayi (Gibbes, 1850)

Portunus sayi
Portunus sayi

107405  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107405)

  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. Portunoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Portunidae (Family)
  16. Portuninae (Subfamily)
  17. Portunus (Genus)
  18. Portunus (Portunus) (Subgenus)
  19. Portunus (Portunus) sayi (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Lupa sayi Gibbes, 1850) Gibbes, L.R. (1850). On the carcinological collections of the United States, and an enumeration of species contained in them, with notes on the most remarkable, and descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 3: 165-201. [details] OpenAccess publication
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)  
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]

Distribution Nova Scotia to Gulf of Mexico  
Distribution Nova Scotia to Gulf of Mexico [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Portunus (Portunus) sayi (Gibbes, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107405 on 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Türkay, Michael
2007-06-12 14:12:52Z
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Fransen, Charles
2010-01-19 07:57:53Z
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Davie, Peter
2018-02-26 08:05:29Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2020-06-27 06:58:03Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-04-17 06:24:15Z
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De Grave, Sammy

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original description (of Lupa sayi Gibbes, 1850) Gibbes, L.R. (1850). On the carcinological collections of the United States, and an enumeration of species contained in them, with notes on the most remarkable, and descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 3: 165-201. [details] OpenAccess publication

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

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799. [details] 

additional source Pohle, G.W. (1990). A guide to decapod Crustacea from the Canadian Atlantic: Anomura and Brachyura. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.</em> 1771. 29 p. [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,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> 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] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]

Distribution Nova Scotia to Gulf of Mexico [details]

Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
LanguageName 
English sargassum swimming crab  [details]
French crabe des sargasses  [details]
To CRUSTA 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (166 records) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Portunus sayi
Portunus sayi
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