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Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794)

158443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158443)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Malacostraca
  7. Eumalacostraca
  8. Eucarida
  9. Decapoda
  10. Pleocyemata
  11. Brachyura
  12. Eubrachyura
  13. Heterotremata
  14. Leucosioidea
  15. Leucosiidae
  16. Ebaliinae
  17. Persephona
  18. Persephona mediterranea
accepted
Species
Persephona Leach, 1817
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158443 on 2026-08-04
NARMS (2026). Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158443 on 2026-08-04
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2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-02-25 15:57:43Z
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Davie, Peter
2022-01-05 20:16:46Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-04-19 18:56:50Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-13 08:15:22Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2024-01-05 11:35:03Z
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De Grave, Sammy

original description (of ) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record 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, In: 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 https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

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

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
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English mottled purse crab  [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To CRUSTA 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Persephona mediterranea) 
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 5 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Persephona mediterranea (Herbst) (USNM 174249) dorsal view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Persephona mediterranea (Herbst) (USNM 174249) ventral view) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) 
To ITIS
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