MCZ Invertebrate Zoology 166922

Portunus gibbesii (Stimpson, 1859)

Date Collected:

2023-08-10

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: United States: Massachusetts | 25 Ed Moffitt Drive, FL Tripp and Sons, Westport

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:166922 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Portunus gibbesii (Stimpson, 1859)
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Brachyura Portunidae
Common Name(s): iridescent swimming crab
Determiner: Niels-Viggo Hobbs on 2023-08-10
Nature of ID: expert ID

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  • field number: TRM-MST-03
  • station number: TRM

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: fixed in 95% EtOH, transferred to 70% EtOH 2023-09-07.

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Michelle Tang 2023-08-17

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  • newly molted according to someone

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 25 Ed Moffitt Drive, FL Tripp and Sons, Westport
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • 25 Ed Moffitt Drive, FL Tripp and Sons, Westport
  • Depth:
  • 0 - 1 m
  • Habitat Description:
  • dock
  • Microhabitat:
  • dock
  • Georeference:
  • 41.5136100°, -71.077280° (Error radius: 172m) By: Alana Rivera on 2023-09-18 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • scraping
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 2023-08-10
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 2023-08-10
  • Time Collected:
  • 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Secchi Depth (m) = 1.2; Total Depth (m) = 1.5; Surface Temp (degC) = 22.8; Surface Salinity = 29.7; Surface Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) = 4.75; taken with a YSI Pro2030 by Sean Duffey and Avril Lynch of Mass CZM at 2023-08-10 8:30 AM.
  • Collectors:
  • 2023 Rapid Assessment Survey of Introduced, Cryptogenic, and Native Marine Species; Alana Rivera; Michelle TangORCID iD icon; Melissa Anne Merkel

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