WoRMS taxon details
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 107404
AphiaID: 107404
| 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) > Portuninae (Subfamily) > Portunus (Genus) > Portunus (Portunus) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Portunus (Portunus) Weber, 1795 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cancer cedonulli Herbst, 1794 Cancer pelagicus Forskål, 1775 (pre-occupied name) Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 Lupa pelagica (Linnaeus) Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus var. sinensis Shen, 1932 Portunus denticulatus Marion de Procé, 1822 | ||||||||||
| 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] basis of record: Crosnier, A. (1962). Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae. [details] basis of record: Fourmanoir, P. (1954). Crabes de la cote ouest de Madagascar. Le Naturaliste Malgache VI, Fasc. 1/2. 16 pp. [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Webber, W.R.; Ahyong.S. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus var. sinensis Shen, 1932 accepted as Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Baltic sea [details] East Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] East Mediterranean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Indo-Pacific [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mombasa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mtwapa [details] Natal [details] New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] South Mozambique [details] Syrian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tahiti Island [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Encyclopedia of Life To FAO Species fact sheets To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107404 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107404 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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