Achelous De Haan 1833 (swimming crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Alternative spellings: Neptunus (Achelous), Portunus (Achelous)
Parent taxon: Portuninae according to J. S. H. Collins et al. 2009
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthoportunus, Arenaeus, Callinectes, Colneptunus, Portunus, Pseudoachelous, Rathbunites
Subtaxa: Achelous gibbesii Achelous obtusus Achelous sebae Achelous spinimanus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina, Virgin Islands)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Miocene of Madagascar (1)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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