Palaemon elegans, Fig.1, author: El Bouchikhi, Khadija
Twoclaw shrimp (Brachycarpus biunguiculatus), author:  NOAA Fisheries PIFSC
Neolithodes grimaldii, author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Daphne Themelis
Acantholithodes hispidus, author: Neil McDaniel

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935

421885  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421885)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmitt, W.L. (1935). Crustacea Macrura and Anomura of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. <em>Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, New York Academy of Sciences.</em> 15(2): 125-227. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in Mayaguez  
type locality contained in Mayaguez [details]
Distribution Pensacola, Florida south through Caribbean to northern Brazil  
Distribution Pensacola, Florida south through Caribbean to northern Brazil [details]

Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m)  
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421885 on 2024-11-20
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
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2010-04-16 05:58:26Z
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original description Schmitt, W.L. (1935). Crustacea Macrura and Anomura of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. <em>Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, New York Academy of Sciences.</em> 15(2): 125-227. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

From editor or global species database
Distribution Pensacola, Florida south through Caribbean to northern Brazil [details]

Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow-waters (0-100 m) [details]

Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
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English Puerto Rican sand crab  [details]