MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4488

Portunus (Achelous) brevimanus (Faxon, 1895)

Syntype of Achelous brevimanus

Date Collected:

1891-02-28

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Costa Rica | near Cocos Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CRU-4488 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4488 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Portunus (Achelous) brevimanus (Faxon, 1895)
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Brachyura Portunidae
Determiner: Mary J. Rathbunlinked data icon in 1930
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Achelous brevimanus Faxon, 1895
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Brachyura Portunidae
Determiner: Walter Faxon in 1895
Nature of ID: type ID

Faxon 1895, page 23, Syntype of Achelous brevimanus Faxon, 1895
Rathbun 1930, page 68, Voucher of Portunus (Achelous) brevimanus (Faxon, 1895) Plates 29, 30
Media type: text; Faxon 1895 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XVIII;

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Shows Publication: Faxon 1895 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. XVIII

Media type: text; Rathbun 1930 Description: The Cancroid Crabs of America of the Families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae;

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Shows Publication: Rathbun 1930 Description: The Cancroid Crabs of America of the Families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae and Xanthidae

  • station number: 3368

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: 3rd leg on R side; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-10-02
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-27   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: Specimen dried until v.1970. Relaxed in aerosol before placing in ethanol.

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-10-02

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Costa Rica
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • near Cocos Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • near Cocos I., Eastern Pacific
  • Depth:
  • 66 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 5.54583333°, -86.908333° (Error radius: Not Specified) By: [no agent data] on 1891-02-28 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (5° 32′ 45″ N  86° 54′ 30″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • February 28, 1891
  • Collector:
  • USFC Steamer Albatross

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Media type: text; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4476; CRU-4477; CRU-4478; CRU-4479; CRU-4480; CRU-4481; CRU-4482; CRU-4483; CRU-4484; CRU-4485; CRU-4486; CRU-4487; CRU-4488; CRU-4489; CRU-4490; CRU-4491; CRU-4492; CRU-4493; CRU-4494; CRU-4495; CRU-4496; CRU-4497; CRU-4498; CRU-4499; CRU-4500 Description: MCZ Invertebrate Zoology Crustacea 000001-005975, pg.182;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:IZ:CRU-4476 Anamathia hystrix (Stimpson, 18...

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