Marine Species Traits - Potamocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853

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Potamocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853

AphiaID

439817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439817)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Potamocarcinus armatus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Potamocarcininae Ortmann, 1897

Original name

Potamocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853

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Species Potamocarcinus armatus H. Milne Edwards, 1853
Species Potamocarcinus chajulensis Álvarez & Villalobos, 1998
Species Potamocarcinus colombiensis von Prahl & Ramos, 1987
Species Potamocarcinus hartmanni Pretzmann, 1975
Species Potamocarcinus lobulatus Campos & Lemaitre, 2002
Species Potamocarcinus magnus (Rathbun, 1896)
Species Potamocarcinus moritschi Pretzmann, 1965
Species Potamocarcinus nicaraguensis Rathbun, 1893
Species Potamocarcinus pinzoni Campos, 2003
Species Potamocarcinus richmondi (Rathbun, 1893)
Species Potamocarcinus roatensis Rodríguez & López, 2003
Species Potamocarcinus tapirrhynchus Magalhães & Ng, 2019
Species Potamocarcinus leptomelus Rodríguez & Hobbs, 1989 accepted as Villalobosius leptomelus (Rodríguez & Hobbs, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamocarcinus poglayeneuwalli Pretzmann, 1978 accepted as Zilchia poglayeneuwalli (Pretzmann, 1978) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamocarcinus vulcanensis Rodríguez, 2001 accepted as Zilchia vulcanensis (Rodríguez, 2001) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Potamocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439817 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Potamocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439817 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-16 09:09:19Z

created

Davie, Peter

2021-05-16 14:11:33Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-05-20 21:33:04Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Potamocarcinus)
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