WoRMS taxon details
Achelous floridanus (Rathbun, 1930)
557882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557882)
accepted
Species
Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930) Rathbun, M.J. (1930). The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae, and Xanthidae. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 152: 1-609, Pls. 1–230., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.152.i [details] Available for editors 
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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. (2026). DecaNet. Achelous floridanus (Rathbun, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557882 on 2026-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930) Rathbun, M.J. (1930). The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae, and Xanthidae. <em>United States National Museum Bulletin.</em> 152: 1-609, Pls. 1–230., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.152.i [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous floridanus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (29 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous floridanus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (29 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) floridanus Rathbun, 1930)
