MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRU-10872

Portunus spinicarpus (Stimpson, 1871)

Date Collected:

1939-04-29

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Cuba | off Punta Alegre

Current Identification
Portunus spinicarpus (Stimpson, 1871)
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Brachyura Portunidae
Common Name(s): longspine swimming crab
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: F A Chace, Jr

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  • station number: 3413

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data]
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Penny Benson 2021-06-09
Remarks: Localities vetted

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Cuba
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Punta Alegre
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Cuba, Camaguey, off Punta Alegre, Old Bahama Channel
  • Depth:
  • 215 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 22.8333333°, -78.833333° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 2011-03-06 (Source: The Atlantis Expeditions to the West Indies in 1938 and 1939 compiled by Fenner A. Chace, Jr.)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (22° 50′ 0″ N  78° 50′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Method:
  • 35' otter trawl
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1939-04-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 29/4/1939
  • Collectors:
  • RV Atlantis; Harvard-Havana Expedition

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-10851;  CRU-10852;  CRU-10853;  CRU-10854;  CRU-10855;  CRU-10856;  CRU-10857;  CRU-10858;  CRU-10859;  CRU-10860;  CRU-10861;  CRU-10862;  CRU-10863;  CRU-10864;  CRU-10865;  CRU-10866;  CRU-10867;  CRU-10868;  CRU-10869;  CRU-10870;  CRU-10871;  CRU-10872;  CRU-10873;  CRU-10874;  CRU-10875 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Crustacea 005976-011900, pg.198;

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