WoRMS taxon details
Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818)
158046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158046)
accepted
Species
Arenaeus websteri Jones, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lupa maculata Say, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lupea cribraria (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portunus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Portunus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158046 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lupa maculata Say, 1818) Say, T. (1818). Appendix to the account of the Crustacea of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 1(2): 445–458. [details] 
original description (of Portunus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Arenaeus websteri Jones, 1968) Jones, H.G. (1968). Preliminary studies on the brachyuran Crustacea of Barbados. I. <em>Journal of the Barbados Museum and Natural Historical Society, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados.</em> 32(3): 154-160. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
original description (of Portunus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Arenaeus websteri Jones, 1968) Jones, H.G. (1968). Preliminary studies on the brachyuran Crustacea of Barbados. I. <em>Journal of the Barbados Museum and Natural Historical Society, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados.</em> 32(3): 154-160. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (CoRMS) Rathbun M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 152. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 609 p., 230 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
context source (CoRMS) Rathbun M.J. 1930. The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 152. Smithsonian Institution, Washington. 609 p., 230 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | speckled swimming crabspeckled crab | [details] |
| German | Flecken-Schwimmkrabbe | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arenaeus cribrarius)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Portunus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX CRT 24474 back)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX CRT 25560 back)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (85 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arenaeus cribrarius)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Portunus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX CRT 24474 back)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX CRT 25560 back)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (85 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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