WoRMS taxon details
Persephona orbicularis Bell, 1855
441257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:441257)
accepted
Species
Myra townsendi Rathbun, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bell, T. (1855). Horae carcinologicae, or notices of Crustacea. I. A monograph of the Leucosiadae, with observations on the relations, structure, habits and distribution of the family, a revision of the generic characters, and descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2(64-65): 428-435. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Persephona orbicularis Bell, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=441257 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Bell, T. (1855). Horae carcinologicae, or notices of Crustacea. I. A monograph of the Leucosiadae, with observations on the relations, structure, habits and distribution of the family, a revision of the generic characters, and descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2(64-65): 428-435. [details]
original description (of Myra townsendi Rathbun, 1894) Rathbun, M.J. (1894). Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXIV. Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 16(933): 223-260 [imprint 1893]. [details]
original description (of Myra townsendi Rathbun, 1894) Rathbun, M.J. (1894). Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXIV. Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 16(933): 223-260 [imprint 1893]. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myra townsendi Rathbun, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Persephona orbicularis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Persephona townsendi) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Myra townsendi Rathbun, 1894)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Myra townsendi Rathbun, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Persephona orbicularis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Persephona townsendi) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Persephona townsendi (Rathbun, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Myra townsendi Rathbun, 1894)