Decanet taxon details
Petrolisthes politus (Gray, 1831)
421877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421877)
accepted
Species
Porcellana magnifica Gibbes, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Porcellana polita Gray, 1831 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Porcellana polita Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of the species of <i>Porcellana</i>, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>The Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1: 14-16. [details] 
Depth range Intertidal
Depth range Intertidal [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Petrolisthes politus (Gray, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421877 on 2025-09-13
Date
action
by
2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
created
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original description
(of Porcellana magnifica Gibbes, 1850) Gibbes, L.R. (1850). On the carcinological collections of the United States, and an enumeration of species contained in them, with notes on the most remarkable, and descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 3: 165-201. [details]
original description (of Porcellana polita Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of the species of <i>Porcellana</i>, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>The Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1: 14-16. [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
original description (of Porcellana polita Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of the species of <i>Porcellana</i>, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>The Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1: 14-16. [details]
basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redback porcelain crab | [details] |