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Portunus (Achelous) ordwayi (Stimpson, 1860) 
AphiaID: 158454

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) > Portunidae (Family) > Portuninae (Subfamily) > Portunus (Genus) > Portunus (Achelous) (Subgenus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860
Rank Species
Parent Portunus (Achelous) De Haan, 1833 accepted as Achelous de Haan, 1833
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record: Williams, A.B. 1984. Shrimps, lobsters, and crabs of the Atlantic coast of the eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington. 550 p. [details]

additional source: Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English redhair swimming crab  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Marine Species Identification Portal
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Vineyard Sound, Mass.; North Carolina through Gulf of Mexico, West Indies and Caribbean Sea to near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bermuda; Fernando de Noronha [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158454
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-01-19 07:57:53Z  changed  Davie, Peter
2011-01-05 08:26:45Z  changed  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P. (2013). Portunus (Achelous) ordwayi (Stimpson, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158454 on 2013-06-20
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