Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Caribbean) Tidal Record: 1935

Panama Invasion History:

Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None

Description

None

Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Class:   Malacostraca
Subclass:   Eumalacostraca
Superorder:   Eucarida
Order:   Decapoda
Suborder:   Pleocyemata
Infraorder:   Anomura
Family:   Porcellanidae
Genus:   Petrolisthes
Species:   robsonae

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Petrolisthers armatus
None

Petrolisthes lindae
None

Ecology

Food:

Phytoplankton, detritus

Trophic Status:

Suspension Feeder

SusFed

Habitats

General HabitatRockyNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Tidal RangeLow IntertidalNone
Tidal RangeMid IntertidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone

Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Salinity (‰)9.7Field, Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal (Gore 1982)
Maximum Length (mm)8Haig (1860)
Broad Temperature RangeNoneTropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneMesohaline-Euhaline

General Impacts

Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast 1960 Non-native Unknown
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1937 Native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Abele, Lawrence G.; Kim, Won (1989) The decapod crustaceans of the Panama Canal, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 482: 1-50

Gore, Robert H. (1982) Porcellanid crabs from the coasts of Mexico and Central America (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 363: 1-34

Gore, Robert H.; Abele, Lawrence G. (1976) Shallow water porcelain crabs from the Pacific coast of Panama and adjacent Caribbean waters (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 237: 1-30

Haig, Janet (1960) The Porcellanidae (Crustacea Anomura) of the eastern Pacific, Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 24: 1-400