Portunus pelagicus

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

Members of the genus Portunus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. anceps (Delicate Swimming Crab) · P. binoculus (Redspot Swimming Crab) · P. depressifrons (Flatface Swimming Crab) · P. gibbesii (Iridescent Swimming Crab) · P. ordwayi (Redhair Swimming Crab) · P. pelagicus (Blue Swimming Crab) · P. pubescens (Hairy Swimming Crab) · P. sanguinolentus (Three Spot Swimming Crab) · P. sayi (Sargassum Swimming Crab) · P. sebae (Ocellate Swimming Crab) · P. spinicarpus (Longspine Swimming Crab) · P. spinimanus (Blotched Swimming Crab) · P. tuberculosus (Blood-Spot Swimming Crab) · P. xantusii (Xantus Swimming Crab)

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Further Reading

• ...Scientific results of the cruises of the yachts "Eagle" and "Ara", 1921-1928, William K. Vanderbilt, commanding. Crustacea... By Lee Boone. Huntington, N. Y., Priv. print. [The Science press printing company, Lancaster, Pa.]1930- url p. 67.
• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 11, p. 12.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 33, p. 75.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 146, p. 147.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 428.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 52 1910 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 313, p. 313.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 173.
• Cassell's natural history. Ed. by P. Martin Duncan. .. London [etc]Cassell & Company, Limited, 1896. url p. 407, p. 200, p. 407.
• Chamber's encyclopaedia, a dictionary of universal knowledge. London, Chambers, 1902. url p. 538.
• Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 37.
• Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1919. url , p. 173.
• Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 227.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url , p. 159.
• English cyclopaedia, a new dictionary of universal knowledge, conducted by Charles Knight. London, Bradbury, 1854-61. url .
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 140, p. 150, p. 151, p. 152, p. 182, p. 184, p. 708, p. 745, p. 746, p. 747, p. 749, p. 751, p. 753, p. 755, p. 757, p. 782, p. 791, p. 798.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 70.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 398.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 160, p. 290, p. 290, p. 698, p. 700.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 171, p. 216.
• Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 63.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 1, p. 106, p. 14, p. 15, p. 16, p. 16, p. 17, p. 17, p. 20, p. 26, p. 3, p. 34, p. 45, p. 51, p. 6.
• Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific exploring expedition, 1853-1856. By William Stimpson. City of Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1907. url p. 76.
• Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. Pub. agreeably to an order of the legislature, by the comissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the state. Cambridge, Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, printers, 1841. url p. 324.
• Report on the invertebrata of Massachusetts: comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata / [by Augustus A. Gould] Cambridge: Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, 1841 url p. 324.
• Synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1900. url p. 70.
• Synopsis of California stalk-eyed crustacea. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1900. url p. 70.
• Synopsis of the true crabs (Brachyura) of Monterey bay, California, by Frank Walter Weymouth, with plates I-XIV. Stanford University, Cal., The University, 1910. url p. 49.
• The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 17.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 103, p. 395, p. 46.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 69.
• The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall / London: [A. Constable and Company], 1906- url p. 258.
• The journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1832-1936 url p. 34.
• The morphology, taxonomy, and bionomics of the nemertean genus Carcinonemertes, Urbana, The University of Illinois press, 1942. url p. 71, p. 83.
• The pictorial museum of animated nature. .. London: C. Cox, [1844?] url p. 302.
• Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. New Haven: Published by the Academy, 1866- url p. 376.
• United States exploring expedition. During the year 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N... Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 1844-74. url p. 273.
• World Atlas of Seagrasses UNEP-WCMC url p. 156, p. 83, p. 96.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed March 01, 2006. www.iobis.org
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002 (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2708185
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-199965
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14582104
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 199965
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 446123

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