Marine Species Traits - Portunus (Xiphonectes) A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Traits name details

Portunus (Xiphonectes) A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

AphiaID

439967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439967)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (status change)

Accepted name

Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Portunus Weber, 1795

Original name

Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Direct children (5)

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Species Portunus (Xiphonectes) guinotae Stephenson & Rees, 1961 accepted as Xiphonectes guinotae (Stephenson & Rees, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Portunus (Xiphonectes) longispinosus (Dana, 1852) accepted as Xiphonectes longispinosus (Dana, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Portunus (Xiphonectes) macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906 accepted as Xiphonectes macrophthalmus (Rathbun, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Portunus (Xiphonectes) paralatibrachium Crosnier, 2002 accepted as Xiphonectes paralatibrachium (Crosnier, 2002) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Portunus (Xiphonectes) tenuicaudatus Stephenson, 1961 accepted as Xiphonectes tenuicaudatus (Stephenson, 1961) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) Milne-Edwards, A. (1873). Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Deuxième Partie. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 9: 155-332, pls. 4-18. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Portunus (Xiphonectes) A. Milne-Edwards, 1873. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439967 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Portunus (Xiphonectes) A. Milne-Edwards, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439967 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-17 13:09:12Z

created

Davie, Peter

2018-02-26 08:05:29Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-06-13 12:01:51Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

2022-06-14 03:28:12Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

2022-12-05 21:47:20Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) Milne-Edwards, A. (1873). Recherches sur la faune carcinologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Deuxième Partie. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 9: 155-332, pls. 4-18. [details]

source of synonymy Spiridonov, V. A., Neretina, T. V. & Schepetov, D. (2014). Morphological characterization and molecular phylogeny of Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea Brachyura): Implications for understanding evolution of swimming capacity and revision of the family-level classification. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 253(5): 404–429., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2014.03.003 [details] Available for editors