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Platyonichus Latreille, 1818

breedpootkrab

AphiaID

148440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148440)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)

Accepted name

Portumnus Leach, 1814

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cancer latipes Pennant, 1777 accepted as Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) (type by typification of replaced name)

Type taxon of

Platyonichidae Dana, 1851
Platyonichidae Ortmann, 1893
Platyonichinae Dana, 1851

Parent

Carcininae MacLeay, 1838

Original name

Platyonichus Latreille, 1818

Synonymised names

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

Direct children (4)

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Species Platyonichus bipustulatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 accepted as Ovalipes punctatus (De Haan, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Platyonichus latipes (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Platyonichus nasutus Latreille, 1825 accepted as Xaiva biguttata (Risso, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Platyonichus ocellatus (Herbst, 1799) accepted as Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst, 1799) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Platyonichus Latreille, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148440 on 2026-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-01-05 08:26:45Z

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Davie, Peter

2016-06-27 11:40:29Z

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Davie, Peter

2022-12-29 22:38:15Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

2022-12-30 00:53:15Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-07-26 11:46:18Z

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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description 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 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