Birgus latro, author: wj, Chen
hooiwagenkrab, author: Billiau, Ren
Necora puber (Linnaeus, 1767), author: Fabrice, Aon
Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) and lots of Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758), author: Nuyttens, Filip

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)

344730  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344730)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Aethroidea (Superfamily)
  15. Aethridae (Family)
  16. Hepatus (Genus)
  17. Hepatus pudibundus (Species)
accepted
Species
Calappa angustata Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer princeps Herbst, 1794 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer pudibundus Herbst, 1785 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hepatus calappoides Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hepatus fasciatus Latreille, 1803 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hepatus tuberculatus de Saussure, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer pudibundus Herbst, 1785) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details] OpenAccess publication
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m)  
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344730 on 2025-04-29
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2008-04-16 17:59:45Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-02-25 15:57:43Z
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Davie, Peter
2022-01-05 13:35:26Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-13 08:15:22Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2023-04-21 11:59:57Z
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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Calappa angustata Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details] 

original description (of Cancer princeps Herbst, 1794) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cancer pudibundus Herbst, 1785) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Hepatus calappoides Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details] 

original description (of Hepatus fasciatus Latreille, 1803) Latreille, P.A. (1803). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du Cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. Paris, F. Dufart. 5: 1–406, pls. 48–41. [Published 18 April 1803 fide Dupuis, 1986]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15703824 [details] 

original description (of Hepatus tuberculatus de Saussure, 1858) de Saussure, H. (1858). Mémoire sur divers Crustacés nouveaux des Antilles et du Mexique. <em>Mémoires de la Société Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 14(2): 417-496, pls. I-VI. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]

Habitat Hard bottom (rock and rubbles) [details]
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English flecked box crab  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hepatus pudibundus) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (14 records) 
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