Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

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 : 63

Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Fig. 71

Material examined

EQUATORIAL GUINEA − San Juan Cape • 3 ♀♀ (37.9 ×25.7, 23 ×17, 16.3 ×11.7), 1 ♂ (20.8 ×14.6); 1901; M. Martínez de la Escalera leg.; MNCN20.04/03341 • 1 ♂ (24.2 ×17.3); 17Aug. 1901; M. Martínez de la Escalera leg.; MNCN20.04/04407 • 1 ♀ (17.5 ×12); 17 Aug. 1901; M. Martínez de la Escalera leg.; MNCN20.04/41919 .

Remarks

Specimen MNCN20.04/04407 was included in the Portunidae family but without identification, and the female MNCN20.04/041919 was identified as Xantho poressa .

Figures

Fig. 71. Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867. A−C. Specimens MNCN20.04/03341. D−F. Specimen MNCN20.04/04407. G−I. Specimen MNCN20.04/41919. Scale bars = 1 cm.