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Portumnus latipes

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Ptychognathus andamanicus Alcock, 1900

1797546  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1797546)

accepted
Species
Ptychognathus andamanica Alcock, 1900 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ptychognathus andamanica Alcock, 1900) Alcock, A. (1900). Material for a carcinological Fauna of India. No. 6: the Brachyura Catometopa, or Grapsoidea. <em>Journal on the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 69(2): 279-456., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35612227 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
type locality contained in Andaman and Nicobar Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Ptychognathus andamanicus Alcock, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1797546 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature

original description (of Ptychognathus andamanica Alcock, 1900) Alcock, A. (1900). Material for a carcinological Fauna of India. No. 6: the Brachyura Catometopa, or Grapsoidea. <em>Journal on the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 69(2): 279-456., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35612227 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

status source Patel, H.; Mendoza, J.C.E.; Bineesh, K.K.; Mitra, S.; Trivedi, J.N. (2025). On the taxonomy of <i>Ptychognathus andamanicus</i> Alcock, 1900 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) from the Andaman Islands, India. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5584(3): 429-436., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality