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Pachycheles velerae Haig, 1960

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Cocos Island, Costa Rica & Galápagos Islands

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Haig, J. (1960). The Porcellanidae (Crustacea Anomura) of the eastern Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 24: 1-440.


Other references:

Harvey, W.A. (1991) Biogeographic Patterns of the Galápagos Porcelain Crab Fauna. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 157-172.

Harvey, A. W. (1998). Rediscovery and range extension of the Galapagos "endemic" Pachycheles velerae (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 18(4): 746-752.

WoRMS. (2021). Pachycheles velerae Haig, 1960. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425880 on 2021-11-01

 

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