MCZ Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4489

Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893

Syntype of Achelous affinis

Date Collected:

1891-03-05

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Southeast: Colombia | SE of Malpelo Island

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:IZ:CRU-4489 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Invertebrate Zoology CRU-4489 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893
Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Pleocyemata Brachyura Portunidae
Determiner: Walter Faxon in 1893
Nature of ID: type ID

Faxon 1893, page 155, Syntype of Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893
Rathbun 1930, page 80, Voucher of Portunus (Achelous) affinis (Faxon, 1893) Plates 38, 39
Media type: text; Faxon 1893 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XXIV no. 7;

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Shows Publication: Faxon 1893 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XXIV no. 7

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: 3379

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: 3rd leg on L side; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-09-18
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-09-18   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 9 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-09-18

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Southeast
  • Country:
  • Colombia
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • SE of Malpelo Island
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • SE of Malpelo Island, Colombia
  • Depth:
  • 52 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 3.99444444°, -81.583333° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1891-03-05 (Source: Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the US Fisheries Steamer Albatross)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (3° 59′ 40″ N  81° 35′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1891-03-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 5 Mar 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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