WoRMS taxon details
Achelous forceps (Fabricius, 1793)
1587894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1587894)
accepted
Species
Cancer forceps Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lupa leachii De Haan, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lupea forceps (Fabricius, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lupella forceps (Fabricius, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer forceps Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Achelous forceps (Fabricius, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1587894 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cancer forceps Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details]
original description (of Lupa leachii De Haan, 1833) De Haan, W. (1833–1850). Crustacea. <em>In: von Siebold, P.F., Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit.</em> i–xxxi, ix–xvi, 1–243, pls. A–J, L–Q, 1–55. Lugduni-Batavorum. [Dates of publication per Holthuis, 1953: 1833 (ix–xvi, De Haan's "Praemissa" & "Expositio"; 1–24, pls. 1–8, A, B, circ. 2), 1835 (25–64, pls. 9–15, 17, C, D), 1837 (65–72, pls. 16, 18–24, E, F), 1839 (73–108, pls. 25–32, G, H), 1841 (109–164, pls. 33–37, 39–42, 47), 1844 (pls. 38, 43–46, 48, 51–55, I–N), 1849 (165–196, 197–243, pls. 49, 50 O–Q), 1849 (i–xxxi, De Haan's "Praefatio"), 1850 (vii–xvii, Von Siebold's "Commentatio")). [details]
basis of record Koch, M.; Spiridonov, V. A.; Ďuriš, Z. (2022). Revision of the generic system for the swimming crab subfamily Portuninae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) based on molecular and morphological analyses. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 197(1): 127-175 [ICZN compliant published online 10 June 2022; published in journal January 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac017 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lupa leachii De Haan, 1833) De Haan, W. (1833–1850). Crustacea. <em>In: von Siebold, P.F., Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit.</em> i–xxxi, ix–xvi, 1–243, pls. A–J, L–Q, 1–55. Lugduni-Batavorum. [Dates of publication per Holthuis, 1953: 1833 (ix–xvi, De Haan's "Praemissa" & "Expositio"; 1–24, pls. 1–8, A, B, circ. 2), 1835 (25–64, pls. 9–15, 17, C, D), 1837 (65–72, pls. 16, 18–24, E, F), 1839 (73–108, pls. 25–32, G, H), 1841 (109–164, pls. 33–37, 39–42, 47), 1844 (pls. 38, 43–46, 48, 51–55, I–N), 1849 (165–196, 197–243, pls. 49, 50 O–Q), 1849 (i–xxxi, De Haan's "Praefatio"), 1850 (vii–xvii, Von Siebold's "Commentatio")). [details]
basis of record Koch, M.; Spiridonov, V. A.; Ďuriš, Z. (2022). Revision of the generic system for the swimming crab subfamily Portuninae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) based on molecular and morphological analyses. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 197(1): 127-175 [ICZN compliant published online 10 June 2022; published in journal January 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac017 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To CRUSTA (from synonym Lupella forceps (Fabricius, 1793))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous forceps)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Lupella forceps (Fabricius, 1793))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cancer forceps Fabricius, 1793)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (42 records) (from synonym Lupella forceps (Fabricius, 1793))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Achelous forceps)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Lupella forceps (Fabricius, 1793))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cancer forceps Fabricius, 1793)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (42 records) (from synonym Lupella forceps (Fabricius, 1793))