Portunus

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Portunus
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)
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