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Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Achelous

Achelous rufiremus (Holthuis, 1959)

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World Distribution
(Sasaki, 2019) - WA - Guyanas to Brazil (Maranhão); northern and northeastern Brazil: Amapá, Pará, Maranhão - 7-70 m

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 7-70 m

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Portunus rufiremus Holthuis, 1959a: 195, Suriname [7–42 m]. — Coelho, 1971, table 1: Brazil Amapá. — Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 186, Brazil Amapá. — Barreto et al., 1993: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá [Guianas]. — Melo, 1996: 327, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1998: 478, Brazil Amapá. — Silva et al., 1998: 94, Brazil Amapá [75 m]. — Cintra et al., 2003: 68, Brazil Amapá [R/V Almirante Paulo Moreira,02°42’N, 049°05’W, 02/04/98, 42 m; 02°08’N, 048°18’W, 01/05/98, 51 m].
Portunus (Portunus) rufiremus – Coelho et al., 2008: 30, Brazil Amapá [From Coelho (1969)]. — Cintra et al., 2017: tab. 1–6, Brazil Amapá [bycatch of shrimp fisheries, 0-4°N, 27-47 m].
Achelous rufiremus – Mantelatto et al., 2018: tab. 1, French Guiana [Supp. material, French Guiana, USNM 151568 (R/V Oregon II, 4/02/1974, 37 m)]. — Silva et al., 2020: tab. 1, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 7–70 m.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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