Invasion History
First Non-native North American Tidal Record:First Non-native West Coast Tidal Record:
First Non-native East/Gulf Coast Tidal Record:
General Invasion History:
None
North American Invasion History:
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: | Eurypanopeus | |
| Species: | depressus |
Synonyms
Panopeus depressus (Smith, 1869)
Potentially Misidentified Species
Dyspanopeus sayi
None
Dyspanopeus texana
None
Panopeus herbsti
None
Rhithropanopeus harrisi
None
None
Dyspanopeus texana
None
Panopeus herbsti
None
Rhithropanopeus harrisi
None
Ecology
Food:
Molluscs, Annelids; Algae; Carrion
Trophic Status:
Omnivore
OmniHabitats
| General Habitat | Coarse Woody Debris | None |
| General Habitat | Unstructured Bottom | None |
| General Habitat | Oyster Reef | None |
| General Habitat | Marinas & Docks | None |
| General Habitat | Rocky | None |
| General Habitat | Salt-brackish marsh | None |
| Salinity Range | Mesohaline | 5-18 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Tidal Range | Low Intertidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Minimum Temperature (ºC) | 5.3 | Field data,Chesapeake Bay, Ryan 1956 |
| Maximum Temperature (ºC) | 29.4 | Field data,Chesapeake Bay, Ryan 1956 |
| Minimum Salinity (‰) | 4.5 | Field data,Chesapeake Bay, Ryan 1956 |
| Maximum Salinity (‰) | 33.6 | Field data, VA Atlantic shore, Wass 1972 |
| Minimum Width (mm) | 5.1 | Adult males, 5.5 in females (Williams 1984) |
| Maximum Width (mm) | 25 | Males, 18.7 for females (Williams 1984) |
| Broad Temperature Range | None | Warm temperate-Subtropical |
| Broad Salinity Range | None | Mesohaline-Euhaline |
General Impacts
Regional Distribution Map
Non-native
Native
Cryptogenic
Failed
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Occurrence Map
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References
Batchelder, C. H. (1926) An ecological study of a brackish-water stream., Ecology 7(1): 55-71Byers, James E.; Griffen, Blaine (2006) <missing title>, The New Hampshire Estuaries Project, <missing place>. Pp. <missing location>
Gosner, Kenneth L. (1978) A field guide to the Atlantic seashore., In: (Eds.) . , Boston. Pp. <missing location>
Ryan, Edward Parsons (1956) Observations on the life histories and the distribution of the Xanthidae (Mud Crabs) of Chesapeake Bay., American Midland Naturalist <missing volume>: 138-162
Smith, S. I. (1879) The stalk-eyed crustaceans of the Atlantic coast of North American North of Cape Cod, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(1): 27-138
Spivak, Eduardo D.; Luppi, Tomas A. (2005) Southern range extension of two western Atlantic intertidal mud crabs: Panopeus meridionalis Williams, 1984 and Eurypanopeus depressus Smith, 1869 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Panopeidae in Argentinian waters., Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 188(3): 551-557
Tavares, Marco (2011) In the wrong place- Alien marine crustaceans: Distribution, biology, impacts, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 251-268
Wass, Melvin L. (1972) A checklist of the biota of lower Chesapeake Bay, Special Scientific Report, Virginia Institute of Marine Science 65: 1-290
Wass, Melvin L. (1972) A Checklist of the Biota of Lower Chesapeake Bay, None <missing volume>: <missing location>
Williams, Austin B. (1984) Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. Pp. <missing location>