PeRMS taxon details
Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893
451835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:451835)
accepted
Species
Portunus affinis (Faxon, 1893) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893. Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=451835 on 2025-05-19
Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Achelous affinis Faxon, 1893. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=451835 on 2025-05-19
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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]
new combination reference Mantelatto, F. L.; Robles, R.; Wehrtmann, I. S.; Schubart, C. D.; Felder, D. L. (2018). New insights into the molecular phylogeny of the swimming crabs of the genera Portunus Weber, 1795 and Achelous De Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Portunidae) of the Americas. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 38(2): 190–197., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux119 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Mantelatto, F. L.; Robles, R.; Wehrtmann, I. S.; Schubart, C. D.; Felder, D. L. (2018). New insights into the molecular phylogeny of the swimming crabs of the genera Portunus Weber, 1795 and Achelous De Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Portunidae) of the Americas. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 38(2): 190–197., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux119 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
