WoRMS taxon details
Euchirograpsus americanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
217262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217262)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea,1877, '78, '79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding VIII. Études préliminaires sur les Crustacés. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 8(2): 1-68, pls. 1-2. [details] 
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m)
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Euchirograpsus americanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217262 on 2025-11-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea,1877, '78, '79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding VIII. Études préliminaires sur les Crustacés. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 8(2): 1-68, pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record Crosnier, A. (1975). Sur quelques Portunidae, Grapsidae et Ocypodidae (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura) de Madagascar ou des Iles avoisinantes, nouvaux, rares ou non encore signales. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, sér. 3, sec. A.</em> 304(214): 711-741. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Crosnier, A. (1975). Sur quelques Portunidae, Grapsidae et Ocypodidae (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura) de Madagascar ou des Iles avoisinantes, nouvaux, rares ou non encore signales. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, sér. 3, sec. A.</em> 304(214): 711-741. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda)
Markham, J. C.; McDermott, J. J. (1980). A tabulation of the Crustacea Decapoda of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 93(4): 1266-1276 [details]
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,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
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,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]Habitat Hard bottom (rock and rubbles) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | American talon crab | [details] |
