Marine Species Traits - Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Traits taxon details

Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

AphiaID

209046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209046)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Paractaea Guinot, 1969

Original name

Xantho rufopunctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834

Synonymised names

Actaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Xantho rufopunctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (listed under Xantho but...)

listed under Xantho but erroneously as "Z. rufopunctatus"

Direct children (6)

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Subspecies Paractaea rufopunctata africana Guinot, 1976 accepted as Paractaea africana Guinot, 1976 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Paractaea rufopunctata f. plumosa Guinot, 1969 accepted as Paractaea plumosa Guinot in Sakai, 1976 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Forma Paractaea rufopunctata f. primarathbunae Guinot, 1969 accepted as Paractaea africana Guinot, 1976 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Forma Paractaea rufopunctata f. sanctaeluciae Serène, 1984 accepted as Paractaea rufopunctata africana Guinot, 1976 accepted as Paractaea africana Guinot, 1976 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Forma Paractaea rufopunctata f. waltersi Serène, 1984 accepted as Paractaea rufopunctata africana Guinot, 1976 accepted as Paractaea africana Guinot, 1976 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Subspecies Paractaea rufopunctata plumosa Guinot in Sakai, 1976 accepted as Paractaea plumosa Guinot in Sakai, 1976 (new status)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Xantho rufopunctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary
note: Described in Xantho but erroneously listed as "Z. rufopunctatus. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209046 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209046 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-12-30 09:48:04Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-02-24 09:50:23Z

checked

Fransen, Charles

2019-06-21 15:40:05Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-04-07 08:51:38Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description (of Xantho rufopunctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary
note: Described in Xantho but erroneously listed as "Z. rufopunctatus. [details]

basis of record Bouvier, E.L. (1915). Decapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis a l'ile Maurice par M. Paul Carie. Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg. 3 (48): 178-318. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Serène, R. (1984). Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Editions Orstom. Collection Faune Tropicale. 24: 1-243. [details] Available for editors

additional source Ng, P.K.L.; Guinot, D.; Davie, P.J.F. (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of the extant Brachyuran crabs of the world. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1-286. [details] Available for editors

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,. Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. 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

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications) (from synonym Actaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Actaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paractaea rufopunctata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Xantho rufopunctatus H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Actaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (24 records)
To ITIS