Portunidae
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 Liocarcinus holosatus
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Wikispecies has information related to:
Portunidae is the family containing the swimming crabs. It includes many well-known shoreline crabs, such as the European shore crab, blue crab, velvet crab and lady crab. Two genera in the family are contrastingly named Scylla and Charybdis (see Scylla and Charybdis).
[edit] Genera
- Arenaeus
- Bathynectes
- Benthochascon
- Callinectes
- Carcinus
- Carupa
- Catoptrus
- Charybdis
- Coelocarcinus
- Cronius
- Euphylax
- Goniosupradens
- Laleonectes
- Libystes
- Liocarcinus
- Lissocarcinus
- Lupocyclus
- Macropipus
- Necora
- Ovalipes
- Parathranites
- Podophthalmus
- Polybius
- Portumnus
- Portunus
- Raymanninus
- Scylla
- Thalamita
- Thalamitoides
