North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Portumnus Leach, 1814

breedpootkrab

AphiaID

106929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106929)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Platyonichinae Dana, 1851

Original name

Portumnus Leach, 1814

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Species Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777)
Species Portumnus lysianassa (Herbst, 1801)

Environment

marine

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Portumnus Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106929 on 2026-06-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Portumnus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=106929 on 2026-06-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-05 08:26:45Z

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Davie, Peter

2016-06-27 11:40:29Z

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Davie, Peter

2020-05-22 11:43:31Z

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De Grave, Sammy

2022-05-13 08:15:22Z

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De Grave, Sammy

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original description Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

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]

additional source Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors