| Portunidae | |
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| Liocarcinus depurator | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Portunoidea |
| Family: | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
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Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. Its members include well-known shoreline crabs such as the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and velvet crab (Necora puber).
Description
[edit]Portunid crabs are characterised by the flattening of the fifth pair of legs into broad paddles, which are used for swimming.[1] This ability, together with their strong, sharp claws, allows many species to be fast and aggressive predators.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Swimming crabs reach their greatest species diversity in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[citation needed] Portunidae consists of the following subfamilies and genera:[2][a]
Achelouinae Spiridonov, 2020
- Achelous De Haan, 1833
- Caphyra Guérin, 1832
- Coelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930
- Lissocarcinus Adams & White, 1849
- †Mioxaiva Müller, 1978
- Carupa Dana, 1851
- Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870
- †Euronectes Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
- Kume Naruse & Ng, 2012
- Laleonectes Manning & Chace, 1990
- Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Pele Ng, 2011
- †Rakosia Müller, 1984
- Richerellus Crosnier, 2003
- Coelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930
- Lupocycloporus Alcock, 1899
- Lupocyclus Adams & White, 1849
- †Necronectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
- Scylla De Haan, 1833
- Euphylax Stimpson, 1860
- †Paraeuphylax Varela & Schweitzer, 2011
- †Phenophthalmus Feldmann, Schweitzer & Encinas, 2010
- Podophthalmus Lamarck, 1801
- †Psygmophthalmus Schweitzer, Iturralde-Vinent, Hetler & Velez-Juarbe, 2006
- †Sandomingia Rathbun, 1919
- †Saratunus Collins, Lee & Noad, 2003
- †Viaophthalmus Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
- Vojmirophthalmus Števčić, 2011
- †Acanthoportunus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2002
- Alionectes Koch, Spiridonov & Ďuriš, 2022
- Allomonomia Koch, Spiridonov & Ďuriš, 2022
- †Archaeoportunus Artal, Ossó & Domínguez, 2021
- Arenaeus Dana, 1851
- Atoportunus Ng & Takeda, 2003
- Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
- Carupella Lenz in Lenz & Strunck, 1914
- Cavoportunus Nguyen & Ng, 2010
- †Colneptunus Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929
- Cycloachelous Ward, 1942
- Eodemus Koch, Spiridonov & Ďuriš, 2022
- Incultus Koch, Spiridonov & Ďuriš, 2022
- Monomia Gistel, 1848
- †Persianus Garassino, Pasini, Mirzaie Attabadi & Nyborg in Garassino, Pasini, Mirzaie Ataabadi, Hadi, Parsazad, Nyborg & Vega, 2024
- Portunus Weber, 1795
- †Rathbunites Schweitzer, Dworschak & Martin, 2011
- Sanquerus Manning, 1989
- Trionectes Koch, Spiridonov & Ďuriš, 2022
- Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
- Caphyra Guérin, 1832
- Charybdis De Haan, 1833
- Cronius Stimpson, 1860
- †Eocharybdis Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2002
- Gonioinfradens Leene, 1938
- Goniosupradens Davie, 2002
- †Lessinithalamita De Angeli & Ceccon, 2015
- Lissocarcinus Adams & White, 1849
- †Mioxaiva Müller, 1979
- Thalamita Latreille, 1829
- Thalamitoides A. Milne-Edwards, 1869
- Zygita Evans, 2018
- †Neptocarcinus Lörenthey, 1897
- †Pseudoachelous Portell & Collins, 2004
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Davie, Peter J. F. (2002). "Portunidae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda—Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 442–446. ISBN 978-0-643-05677-0.
- ^ Boyko, Christopher B. (18 July 2022). "Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
External links
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