WoRMS taxon details
Portumnus Leach, 1814
AphiaID: 106929
AphiaID: 106929
| 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) > Portunidae (Family) > Carcininae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Cancer latipes Pennant, 1777 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Carcininae MacLeay, 1838 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Platyonichus Latreille, 1825 (unnecessary replacement name for Portumnus) Platyonychus Desmarest, 1825 (incorrect spelling) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) Species Portumnus lysianassa (Herbst, 1801) Species Portumnus mcleayi Barnard, 1947 accepted as Xaiva mcleayi (Barnard, 1947) Species Portumnus monodon Leach, 1816 accepted as Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) Species Portumnus pestai Forest, 1967 accepted as Portumnus lysianassa (Herbst, 1801) Species Portumnus variegatus Leach, 1814 accepted as Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106929 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Portumnus Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106929 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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