WoRMS name details
Portunus (Portunus) affinis (Faxon, 1893)
442802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442802)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Portunus (Portunus) Weber, 1795 accepted as Portunus Weber, 1795
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893) Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Portunus (Portunus) affinis (Faxon, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=442802 on 2025-04-05
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(of Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893) Faxon, W. (1893). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ”Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 24(7): 149-220. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality