Achelous De Haan, 1833

In, First Published, 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 5146, pp. 1-129 : 51

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Genus Achelous De Haan, 1833 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819 View in CoL [Type locality: Brazil] .

Remarks. It is possible to narrow down the type locality of Portunus spinimanus to Brazil based on Latreille’s (1819: 47) statement in the original description “Cette espèce se trouve dans les mers de l’Amérique; elle est commune sur les côtes du Brésil ”.