Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 58

Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)

Fig. 64

Material examined

MAURITIUS • 1 ♀ (139.4 ×61.2); May 1885; Pere Antiga leg.; MNCN20.04/03219 .

Remarks

The internal cavity of the specimen is filled with alcohol, indicating that at some point since its collection in 1885, it has been exposed to dry conditions in the old collections of the MNCN. Obviously, the three red spots on the carapace, which make this species unmistakable, have not been preserved after so many years. It also retains several of the old labels tied with strings.

For identification, see also Crosnier (1962) and Naderloo (2017).

Figures

Fig. 64. Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783), MNCN20.04/03219. Scale bars = 1 cm.