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Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1816) 
AphiaID: 107393

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Portunoidea (Superfamily) > Polybiidae (Family) > Liocarcinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Liocarcinus Stimpson, 1871
Synonymised
taxa
  Macropipus parvulus (Leach, 1816)
Macropipus pusillus (Leach, 1816) (synonym)
Polybius pusillus (Leach, 1815)
Portunus parvulus Parisi, 1915
Portunus pusillus Leach, 1816 (basionym)
Sources  original description: Leach, W.E.. 1816. Sur une nouvelle distribution des classes des Crustacés. Bulletin des Sciences de la Société Philomathique de Paris 1816:31-41. [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) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

basis of record (from synonym): d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventaire et distribution des crustacés décapodes de l'Atlantique nord-oriental, de la Méditerranée et des eaux continentales adjacentes au nord de 25°N [Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N]. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Leloup, E. (1941). Contributions à l'étude de la faune belge: 11. Les crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de la côte belge [Contributions to the study of Belgian fauna: 11. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Belgian coast]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 17(11): 1-19 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch kleine zwemkrab  [details]
English dwarf swimming crab  [details]
French crabe nageur  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål dvergsvømmekrabbe  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk dvergsymjekrabbe  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Africa [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
Canaries [details]
Cap Gris Nez (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
East Mediterranean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 34 [details]
FAO fishing area 47 [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israel (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Italy (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kentish Knock (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Knokke [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Middelkerke [details]
North Coast of France (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Coast of Norway [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spain (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Thorntonbank (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Africa [details]
Westhinder (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
Note  Synonymy: Originally described as Portunus pusillus Leach, 1815 [details]
Images 
Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
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Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
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Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
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Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
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Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
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Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
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Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1816)
Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1816)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107393
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2007-06-12 14:12:52Z  checked  Fransen, Charles
2010-01-19 07:57:53Z  changed  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P.; Fransen, C.; Türkay, M. (2013). Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107393 on 2013-06-20
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