Portunus

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For the Roman god or Roman temple to the god of the same name, see Portunes.

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Portunus Weber, 1795
Species
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Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus and the Gazami crab, P. trituberculatus.

[edit] Species

• Portunus anceps (De Saussure, 1857)
• Portunus argentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
• Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969
• Portunus depressifrons (Stimpson, 1859)
• Portunus euglyphus (Laurie, 1906)
• Portunus floridanus M. J. Rathbun, 1930
• Portunus gibbesii (Stimpson, 1859)
• Portunus granulatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Portunus hastatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Portunus longispinosus (Dana, 1852)
• Portunus macrophthalmus M.J. Rathbun, 1906
• Portunus orbicularis (Richters, 1880)
• Portunus ordwayi (Stimpson, 1860)
• Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Portunus pseudohastatoides Yang & Tang, 2006
• Portunus pubescens (Dana, 1852)
• Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)
• Portunus sayi (Gibbes, 1850)
• Portunus sebae (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
• Portunus spinicarpus (Stimpson, 1871)
• Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819
• Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876)
• Portunus tuberculosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
• Portunus ventralis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
• Portunus vossi Lemaître, 1992
• Portunus xantusii (Stimpson, 1860)