WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302 [details] 
original description
(of Libinia affinis Randall, 1840) Randall, J.W. (1840). Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nutall and J.K. Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localities, previously existing in the collection of the Academy. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.</em> 8: 106-147, pls. 3-7. [details] 
original description
(of Libinia canaliculata Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817-1818). An account of the Crustacea of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(1):57-63, 65-80 (pl.), 97-101, 155-169 (1817); 1(2): 235-253, 313-319, 374-401, 423-441 (1818)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/244401#/summary [details] 
basis of record
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Othercontext 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
Pohle, G.W. (1990). A guide to decapod Crustacea from the Canadian Atlantic: Anomura and Brachyura. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Science.</em> 1771. 29 p. [details]
additional source
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]
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
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) to Gulf of Mexico; Cobscook Bay to Florida [details]
Language | Name | |
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English |
portly spider crabcommon spider crab |
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French |
crabe à neuf épines |
[details] |
German |
West-Atlantische Seespinne |
[details] |
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