Portunidae
Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. Its members include many well-known shoreline crabs, such as the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and velvet crab (Necora puber). Two genera in the family are contrastingly named Scylla and Charybdis; the former contains the economically important species black crab (Scylla serrata) and Scylla paramamosain.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Portunoidea |
| Family: | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
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Description
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
Swimming crabs reach their greatest species diversity in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] The following species are recognized in the family Portunidae:
Extinct genera are marked with an obelisk.
- Achelouinae Spiridonov, 2020
- Achelous De Haan, 1833
- Caphyrinae Guérin, 1832
- Caphyra Guérin, 1832
- Coelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930
- Lissocarcinus Adams & White, 1849
- †Mioxaiva Müller, 1978
- Carupinae Paulson, 1875
- 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
- Coelocarcininae Števćić, 1991
- Coelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930
- Lupocyclinae Alcock, 1899
- Lupocycloporus Alcock, 1899
- Lupocyclus Adams & White, 1849
- Necronectinae Glaessner, 1928
- †Necronectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
- Scylla De Haan, 1833
- Podophthalminae Dana, 1851
- 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
- Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815
- †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
- Portunus Weber, 1795
- †Rathbunites Schweitzer, Dworschak & Martin, 2011
- Sanquerus Manning, 1989
- Trionectes Koch, Spiridonov & Ďuriš, 2022
- Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
- Thalamitinae Paulson, 1875
- 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
- †Neptocarcinus Lörenthey, 1897
- †Pseudoachelous Portell & Collins, 2004
References
- P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Portunidae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Volume 19 of Zoological catalogue of Australia, Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 442–446. ISBN 978-0-643-05677-0.
- "WoRMS taxon details, Ovalipidae Spiridonov, Neretina & Schepetov, 2014". World Register of Marine Species. 2019. doi:10.14284/170. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
External links
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