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Portunus (Achelous) ordwayi (Stimpson, 1860)

158454 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158454)

  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. Portunoidea
  15. Portunidae
  16. Portuninae
  17. Portunus
  18. Portunus (Achelous)
  19. Portunus (Achelous) ordwayi
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860
Species
Portunus (Achelous) De Haan, 1833 accepted as Achelous De Haan, 1833
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860) Stimpson, W. (1860). Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(22): 177-246, pls. 2-4 [preprint April 1860, journal issue 1862]. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Portunus (Achelous) ordwayi (Stimpson, 1860). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158454 on 2026-08-09
NARMS (2026). Portunus (Achelous) ordwayi (Stimpson, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158454 on 2026-08-09
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2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-01-19 07:57:53Z
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Davie, Peter
2011-01-05 08:26:45Z
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Davie, Peter
2022-04-12 08:25:46Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-11-27 15:27:27Z
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Boyko, Christopher B.

original description (of Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860) Stimpson, W. (1860). Notes on North American Crustacea, in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. II. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 7(22): 177-246, pls. 2-4 [preprint April 1860, journal issue 1862]. [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record 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] 

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
 
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English redhair swimming crab  [details]
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