Portunidae

Portunidae

Portunidae

Family of crabs

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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.

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
incertae sedis
  • †Neptocarcinus Lörenthey, 1897
  • †Pseudoachelous Portell & Collins, 2004

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "WoRMS taxon details, Ovalipidae Spiridonov, Neretina & Schepetov, 2014". World Register of Marine Species. 2019. doi:10.14284/170. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
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