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Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 106763

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Portunoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Portunoidea
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventaire et distribution des crustacés décapodes de l'Atlantique nord-oriental, de la Méditerranée et des eaux continentales adjacentes au nord de 25°N [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, France. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch wenkkrabben  [details]
Dutch zwemkrabben  [details]
English swimming crabs  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål svømmekrabber  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk symjekrabbar  [details]
Swedish simkrabbor  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subfamily Caphyrinae Paul'son, 1875
  » Genus Caphyra Guérin, 1832
» Genus Coelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930
» Genus Lissocarcinus Adams & White, 1849
Subfamily Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
  » Genus Carcinus Leach, 1814
» Genus Echinolatus Davie & Crosnier, 2006
» Genus Nectocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1860
» Genus Portumnus Leach, 1814
» Genus Xaiva MacLeay, 1838
» Genus Platyonichus Latreille, 1825 accepted as Portumnus Leach, 1814
Subfamily Carupinae Paul'son, 1875
  » Genus Carupa Dana, 1851
» Genus Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870
» Genus Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
» Genus Richerellus Crosnier, 2003
Genus Cycloachelous Ward, 1942
Genus Gonioneptunus Ortmann, 1893
Genus Hellenus Milne-Edwards, 1879
Genus Monomia Gistl, 1848
Genus Neptunus de Haan, 1833
Subfamily Podophthalminae Dana, 1851
  » Genus Euphylax Stimpson, 1860
» Genus Podophthalmus Lamarck, 1801
Subfamily Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815
  » Genus Achelous de Haan, 1833
» Genus Arenaeus Dana, 1851
» Genus Atoportunus Ng & Takeda, 2003
» Genus Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
» Genus Carupella Lenz & Strunck, 1914
» Genus Cavoportunus T. S. Nguyen & Ng, 2010
» Genus Cronius Stimpson, 1860
» Genus Laleonectes Manning & Chace, 1990
» Genus Lupella Rathbun, 1897
» Genus Lupocyclus Adams & White, 1849
» Genus Portunus Weber, 1795
» Genus Sanquerus Manning, 1989
» Genus Scylla De Haan, 1833
Subfamily Thalamitinae Paul'son, 1875
  » Genus Charybdis De Haan, 1833
» Genus Gonioinfradens Leene, 1938
» Genus Thalamita Latreille, 1829
» Genus Thalamitoides A. Milne-Edwards, 1869

Genus Lupa Leach, 1814 accepted as Portunus (Portunus) Weber, 1795
Subfamily Pirimelinae accepted as Pirimelidae Alcock, 1899
Subfamily Polybiinae Ortmann, 1893 accepted as Polybiidae Ortmann, 1893
Genus Sphaerocarcinus Zehntner, 1894 accepted as Caphyra Guérin, 1832
Genus Thalamonyx A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 accepted as Thalamita Latreille, 1829
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106763
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2005-03-24 08:41:58Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-12-15 09:56:25Z  checked  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Portunidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106763 on 2013-05-19
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