Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Portunoidea > Family Polybiidae > Genus Polybius

Polybius henslowii Leach, 1820

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polybius*	Leach, 1820	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Henslow's swimming crab; sardine swimming crab sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Henslow Schwimmkrabbe

Literature

original description	Leach, W.E. (1815-1875). Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae; or descriptions of such British species of the Linnean genus Cancer as have their eyes elevated on footstalks. Illustrated with figures of all species by John Sowerby, F.L.S. G.S. & W.S. &c. John Sowerby, Lambeth, London, 124 pp., pls. 1–45. [Part 1 (pls. 8, 14, 22): 1 January 1815; Part 2 (pls. 4, 15, 40): 1 March 1815; Part 3 (pls. 17, 28A, 28B): 1 May 1815; Part 4 (pls. 19, 29, 41): 1 July 1815; Part 5 (pls. 23, 30): 1 Sept. 1815; Part 6 (pls. 1, 2, 26): 1 November 1815; Part 7 (pls. 24, 36): 1 January 1816; Part 8 (pls. 3, 12, 13): 1 March 1816; Part 9 (pls. 7, 42, 43): 1 May 1816; Part 10 (Pps. 6, 31, 32): 1 July 1816; Part 11 (pls. 9, 11, 33): 1 September 1816; Part 12 (pls. 5, 21A, 21B): 1 November 1816; Part 1 (pls. 18, 20): 1 January 1817; Part 14 (pls. 10, 25, 44): 1 March 1817; Part 15 (pls. 22B, 37A, 37B): 1 July 1817; Part 16 (pls. 22C, 36, 39): 1 December 1817; Part 17 (pls. 9B, 10): 1 March 1820; Parts 18, 19 (pls. 9A, 24A, 27, 34, 35, 37C, 45): November 1875].
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Polybius henslowii Leach, 1820. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107399