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Achelous de Haan, 1833 
AphiaID: 206816

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)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus Latreille, 1819 (type by monotypy)
Parent Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa		  Portunus (Achelous) De Haan, 1833
Sources  basis of record: Barnard, K.H., 1950. Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps).— Annals of the South African Museum 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Achelous angustus (Rathbun, 1898)
Species Achelous asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
Species Achelous binoculus (Holthuis, 1969)
Species Achelous brevimanus Faxon, 1895
Species Achelous depressifrons (Stimpson, 1859)
Species Achelous floridanus (Rathbun, 1930)
Species Achelous gibbesii (Stimpson, 1859)
Species Achelous granulatus
Species Achelous guaymasensis (Garth & Stephenson, 1966)
Species Achelous iridescens (Rathbun, 1894)
Species Achelous isolamargaritensis (Türkay, 1968)
Species Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860
Species Achelous rufiremus (Holthuis, 1959)
Species Achelous sebae (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
Species Achelous spinicarpus Stimpson, 1871
Species Achelous spinimanus (Latreille, 1819)
Species Achelous stanfordi (Rathbun, 1902)
Species Achelous tuberculatus Stimpson, 1860
Species Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871

Species Achelous acuminatus Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Portunus (Portunus) acuminatus (Stimpson, 1871)
Species Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893 accepted as Portunus (Portunus) affinis (Faxon, 1893)
Species Achelous crassimanus MacLeay, 1838 accepted as Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775)
Species Achelous elongatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 accepted as Cycloachelous elongatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
Species Achelous orbicularis Richters, 1880 accepted as Cycloachelous orbicularis (Richters, 1880)
Species Achelous panamensis Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Achelous asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
Species Achelous rubromarginatus Lanchester, 1900 accepted as Portunus (Monomia) rubromarginatus (Lanchester, 1900)
Species Achelous transversus Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Achelous asper (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
Species Achelous whitei A. Milne-Edwards, 1861 accepted as Portunus (Lupocycloporus) gracilimanus (Stimpson, 1858)
Species Achelous xantusii Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Portunus (Portunus) xantusii (Stimpson, 1860)
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206816
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-09-11 16:01:23Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2011-01-05 08:26:45Z  changed  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P. (2013). Achelous de Haan, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206816 on 2013-05-23
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