Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1937Panama 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: | Brachyura | |
| Superfamily: | Xanthoidea | |
| Family: | Panopeidae | |
| Genus: | Panopeus | |
| Species: | rugosus |
Synonyms
Potentially Misidentified Species
Panopeus purpureus
Pacific species
Panopeus chilensis
Pacific species
Panopeus gatunensis
Atlantic species
Panopeus lacustris
Atlantic species
Panopeus mirafloresensis
Pacific species
Pacific species
Panopeus chilensis
Pacific species
Panopeus gatunensis
Atlantic species
Panopeus lacustris
Atlantic species
Panopeus mirafloresensis
Pacific species
Ecology
Habitats
| General Habitat | Swamp | None |
| General Habitat | Tidal Fresh Marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Salt-brackish marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Oyster Reef | None |
| General Habitat | Mangroves | None |
| General Habitat | Canals | None |
| General Habitat | Coral reef | None |
| General Habitat | Rocky | None |
| General Habitat | Coarse Woody Debris | None |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Mesohaline | 5-18 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Oligohaline | 0.5-5 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Limnetic | 0-0.5 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Mid Intertidal | None |
| Tidal Range | Low Intertidal | None |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Minimum Salinity (‰) | 0 | found in tidal freshwater, Bahia, Brazil (de Almeida et al. 2008) |
| Maximum Width (mm) | 57 | Rathbun 1930 |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Subtropical-Tropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Tidal Limnetic-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
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References
Abele, Lawrence G.; Kim, Won (1986) An illustrated guide to the marine decapod crustaceans of Florida, State of Florida Department of Environmental Regulation Technical Series 8(1): 1-225Abele, Lawrence G.; Kim, Won (1989) The decapod crustaceans of the Panama Canal, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 482: 1-50
Bremec, Claudia S.; Giberto, Diego A. (2004) New records of two species of Sabellaria (Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) from the Argentinean Biogeographic Province, Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia 39(2): 101-105
de Almeida, Alexandre O.; Coelho, Petrônio A. (2008) Estuarine and marine brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Bahia, Brazil: checklist and zoogeographical considerations, Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 36(2): 183-222
Hildebrand, Samuel F. (1939) The Panama Canal as a passageway for fishes, with lists and remarks on the fishes and invertebrates observed, Zoologica (New york Zoological Society) 24: 15-45
Rathbun, Mary J. (1930) The cancroid crabs of America of the families Euryalidae, Portunidae, Atelecyclidae, Cancridae, and Xanthidae, United States National Museum Bulletin 152: 1-609
U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002-2021 Invertebrate Zoology Collections Database. http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/