Decanet taxon details
Achelous iridescens (Rathbun, 1894)
557885 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557885)
accepted
Species
Neptunus (Hellenus) iridescens Rathbun, 1894 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portunus (Achelous) iridescens (Rathbun, 1894) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Neptunus (Hellenus) iridescens 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] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Achelous iridescens (Rathbun, 1894). Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557885 on 2025-09-12
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(of Neptunus (Hellenus) iridescens 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]
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]
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
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]
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
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Neptunus (Hellenus) iridescens Rathbun, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous iridescens)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Neptunus (Hellenus) iridescens Rathbun, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (14 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) iridescens (Rathbun, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) iridescens (Rathbun, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Neptunus (Hellenus) iridescens Rathbun, 1894)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous iridescens)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Neptunus (Hellenus) iridescens Rathbun, 1894)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (14 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) iridescens (Rathbun, 1894))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Portunus (Achelous) iridescens (Rathbun, 1894))