Marine Species Traits - Portumnus Leach, 1814

Traits taxon details

Portumnus Leach, 1814

breedpootkrab

AphiaID

106929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106929)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cancer latipes Pennant, 1777 accepted as Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Platyonichinae Dana, 1851

Original name

Portumnus Leach, 1814

Synonymised names

Corystes (Platyonichus) Latreille, 1818 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)

unnecessary replacement name for Portumnus Leach, 1814

Platyonichus Latreille, 1818 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)

Platyonychus Latreille, 1818 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777)
Species Portumnus lysianassa (Herbst, 1801)
Species Portumnus tricarinatus Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929 †

Environment

marine

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Portumnus Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106929 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Portumnus Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106929 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Türkay, Michael

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

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Davie, Peter

2011-01-05 08:26:45Z

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Davie, Peter

2016-06-27 11:40:29Z

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Davie, Peter

2020-05-22 11:43:31Z

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De Grave, Sammy

2022-05-13 08:15:22Z

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De Grave, Sammy

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original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

original description (of Platyonichus Latreille, 1818) Latreille, P.A. (1818). Platyonique, Platyonichus. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Appliquée aux Arts, a l'Agriculture, à l'Économie Rurale et Domestique, à la Médicine, etc. Nouvelle Édition. 27: 4-6. [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). Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands, 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors