Portunus

Portunus
Temporal range: Paleogene - Recent
Portunus hastatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Portunus
Weber, 1795 [1]
Type species
Cancer pelagicus
Linnaeus, 1758

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.[2] Other species, such as the three-spotted crab (P. sanguinolentus) are caught as bycatch.[3]

Fossil of Portunus convexus

The genus Portunus contains more than 90 extant species and over 40 further species known only from fossils.[4]

Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia from Paleogene to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago).[5]

The extant species are as follows:[6]

SpeciesAuthorityDateSubgenus
Portunus aburatsubo(Balss, 1922)1922Lupocycloporus
Portunus acerbiterminalisStephenson & Rees, 19671967Xiphonectes
Portunus acuminatus(Stimpson, 1871)1871Portunus
Portunus affinis(Faxon, 1893)1893Portunus
Portunus alcocki(Nobili, 1905)1905Xiphonectes
Portunus anceps(Saussure, 1858)1858Portunus
Portunus andersoni(De Man, 1887)1887Xiphonectes
Portunus angustusRathbun, 18981898Achelous
Portunus arabicus(Nobili, 1905)1905Xiphonectes
Portunus argentatus(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)1861Monomia
Portunus armatus(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)1861Portunus
Portunus asper(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)1861Portunus
Portunus australiensisStephenson & Cook, 19731973Monomia
Portunus brevimanus(Faxon, 1895)1895Achelous
Portunus brockii(De Man, 1887)1887Xiphonectes
Portunus convexusDe Haan, 18351835Portunus
Portunus curvipenisStephenson, 19611961Monomia
Portunus dayawanensisChen, 19861986Xiphonectes
Portunus depressiformis(Stimpson, 1859)1859Achelous
Portunus dubius(Laurie, 1906)1906Achelous
Portunus elongatusA. Milne-Edwards, 18611861Achelous
Portunus euglyphus(Laurie, 1906)1906Monomia
Portunus floridanusRathbun, 19301930Achelous
Portunus gibbesii(Stimpson, 1859)1859Portunus
Portunus gladiatorFabricius, 17981798Monomia
Portunus gracilimanus(Stimpson, 1858)1858Lupocycloporus
Portunus gracillimus(Stimpson, 1858)1858Xiphonectes
Portunus granulatus(H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)1834Achelous
Portunus guaymasensisGarth & Stephenson, 19661966Achelous
Portunus guinotaeStephenson & Rees, 19611961Xiphonectes
Portunus hainanensisChen, 19861986Xiphonectes
Portunus hastatoidesFabricius, 17981798Xiphonectes
Portunus hastatus(Linnaeus, 1767)1767Portunus
Portunus inaequalis(Miers, 1881)1881Portunus
Portunus innominatus(Rathbun, 1909)1909Lupocycloporus
Portunus iranjaeCrosnier, 19621962Xiphonectes
Portunus iridescens(Rathbun, 1894)1894Achelous
Portunus isolamargaritensisTürkay, 19681968Achelous
Portunus laevis(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)1861Lupocycloporus
Portunus latibrachium(Rathbun, 1906)1906Xiphonectes
Portunus lecromiMoosa, 19961996Monomia
Portunus longispinosus(Dana, 1852)1852Xiphonectes
Portunus macrophthalmusRathbun, 19061906Xiphonectes
Portunus madagascariensis(Hoffman, 1877)1877Portunus
Portunus marieiGuinot, 19571957Xiphonectes
Portunus mauricianusWard, 19421942Portunus
Portunus minimusRathbun, 18981898Portunus
Portunus minutus(Shen, 1937)1937Lupocycloporus
Portunus mokyevskiiZarenkov, 19701970Portunus
Portunus octodentatus(Gordon, 1938)1938Achelous
Portunus orbicularis(Richters, 1880)1880Achelous
Portunus orbitosinusRathbun, 19111911Achelous
Portunus ordwayi(Stimpson, 1860)1860Achelous
Portunus paralatibrachiumCrosnier, 20022002Xiphonectes
Portunus pelagicus(Linnaeus, 1758)1758Portunus
Portunus petreus(Alcock, 1899)1899Monomia
Portunus ponticus(Fabricius, 1798)1798Monomia
Portunus pseudoargentatusStephenson, 19611961Monomia
Portunus pseudohastatoidesYang & Tang, 20062006Xiphonectes
Portunus pseudotenuipesSpiridonov, 19991999Xiphonectes
Portunus pubescens(Dana, 1852)1852Portunus
Portunus pulchricristatus(Gordon, 1931)1931Xiphonectes
Portunus reticulatus(Herbst, 1799)1799Portunus
Portunus reufiarcusDavie, 19871987Portunus
Portunus rubromarginatus(Lanchester, 1900)1900Monomia
Portunus rufiremusHolthuis, 19591959Portunus
Portunus rugosus(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)1861Xiphonectes
Portunus samoensis(Ward, 1939)1939Monomia
Portunus sanguinolentus(Herbst, 1783)1783Portunus
Portunus sayi(Gibbes, 1850)1850Portunus
Portunus sebae(H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)1834Achelous
Portunus segnis(Forskål, 1775)1775Portunus
Portunus serratifrons(Montrouzier, 1865)1865Portunus
Portunus sinusodactylusStephenson, 19671967Lupocycloporus
Portunus spinicarpus(Stimpson, 1871)1871Achelous
Portunus spiniferusStephenson & Rees, 19671967Xiphonectes
Portunus spinimanusLatreille, 18191819Achelous
Portunus spinipes(Miers, 1886)1886Xiphonectes
Portunus stanfordiRathbun, 19021902Achelous
Portunus stephensoniMoosa, 19811981Xiphonectes
Portunus suborbicularisStephenson, 19751975Achelous
Portunus tenuicaudatusStephenson, 19611961Xiphonectes
Portunus tenuipes(De Haan, 1835)1835Xiphonectes
Portunus tridentatusYang, Dai & Song, 19791979Xiphonectes
Portunus trilobatusStephenson, 19721972Xiphonectes
Portunus trituberculatus(Miers, 1876)1876Portunus
Portunus tuberculatus(Stimpson, 1860)1860Achelous
Portunus tuberculosus(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)1861Xiphonectes
Portunus tweediei(Shen, 1937)1937Xiphonectes
Portunus ventralis(A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)1879Portunus
Portunus wilsoniMoosa, 19811981Lupocycloporus
Portunus xantusii(Stimpson, 1860)1860Portunus
Portunus yoronensisSakai, 19741974Achelous

References

  1. ↑ "Portunus Weber, 1795". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876)". Species Fact Sheets. FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Sydney Fish Market: Crabs". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  4. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  5. ↑ Fossilworks
  6. ↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
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