Portunidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Portunoidea

Familia: Portunidae
Subfamiliae: Atoportuninae - Caphyrinae - Carupinae - Lupocyclinae - Necronectinae - Podophthalminae - Portuninae - Thalamitinae
Overview of genera (39)

Achelous – Arenaeus – Atoportunus – Callinectes – Caphyra – Carcinus – Carupa – Carupella – Catoptrus – Cavoportunus – Charybdis – Coelocarcinus – Cronius – Cycloachelous – Echinolatus – Euphylax – Gonioinfradens – Kume – Laleonectes – Libystes – Liocarcinus – Lissocarcinus – Lupella – Lupocyclus – Monomia – Nectocarcinus – Neptunus – Ovalipes – Pele – Podophthalmus – Portumnus – Portunus – Richerellus – Sanquerus – Scylla – Thalamita – Thalamitoides – Xaiva – Xiphonectes – †Acanthoportunus – †Colneptunus – †Enoplonotus – †Eocharybdis – †Euronectes – †Mioxaiva – †Necronectes – †Neptocarcinus – †Pseudoachelous – †Psygmophthalmus – †Rakosia – †Rathbunella – †Sandomingia – †Saratunus – †Viaophthalmus

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist, plus (5) Liocarcinus – Ovalipes – Pele – †Pororaria – †Rathbunites
, but all need verifying]
Name

Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815
References
Primary references

Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Evans, N.M. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics of swimming crabs (Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815) supports a revised family-level classification and suggests a single derived origin of symbiotic taxa. PeerJ. 6: e4260. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4260 Open access Reference page. [See p. 30, 40]
Galil, B.S., Douek, J., Gevili, R., Goren, M., Yudkovsky, Y., Paz, G. & Rinekvich, B. 2018. The resurrection of Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) giardi (Nobili, 1905), newly recorded from the SE Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 4370(5): 580–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.9 Reference page.
Zupolini, L.L., Magalhães, T., Pileggi, L.G. & Mantelatto, F.L. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the speckled crabs, genus Arenaeus Dana, 1851 (Brachyura: Portunidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4273(3): 362–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.3. Reference page.
Koch, M. & Ďuriš, Z. 2019. Xiphonectes aculeatus sp. nov., a new swimming crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa 4551(4): 455–462. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.5 Paywall Reference page.
Koch, M., Nguyen, T.S. & Ďuriš, Z. 2015: Monomia calla, a new species of swimming crab (Decapoda, Portunidae) from Madagascar and the Philippines. Zootaxa 3981(3): 405–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Mendoza, J.C.E. & Devi, S.S. 2017. A new species of the swimming crab genus, Laleonectes Manning & Chace, 1990 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae), from the western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4323(2): 219–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.5. Reference page.
Mantelatto, F.L., Pantaleão, J.A.F., Cuesta, J.A., Fransozo, A. & Felder, D.L. 2018. The first zoeal stage morphology of Achelous spinimanus (Latreille), A. gibbesii (Stimpson), and Portunus sayi (Gibbes) (Decapoda, Brachyura) provides support for molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 4378(1): 71–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.1.4 Reference page.
Ng, P.K.L.; Nyberg, G. 2013: The identity of Cancer thunborgii Euphrasén, 1795, a senior synonym of Cronius ruber (Lamarck, 1818) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae). Zootaxa 3710(2): 192–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.2.5 Reference page.
Nguyen, T.S.; Ng, P.K.L. 2010: A new genus of the family Portunidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) and the identity of Portunus (Cycloachelous) yoronensis Sakai, 1974. Zootaxa, 2677: 38–48. Preview
Schweitzer, C.E.; Feldmann, R.M. 2000: New fossil portunids from Washington, USA, and Argentina, and a re-evaluation of the generic and family relationships within the Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura). Journal of paleontology, 74(4): 636–653. DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0636:NFPFWU>2.0.CO;2 PDF

Links

Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2012). Portunidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106763 on 2012-05-14

BHL bibliography
Portunidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Portunidae.
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Vernacular names
English: Swimming crabs
magyar: Úszó tarisznyarákok
Nederlands: Zwemkrabben
ไทย: ปูว่ายน้ำ
Tagalog: Alimasag
Türkçe: Yüzücü yengeçgiller
中文: 梭子蟹科, 蝤蛑科

Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs.
Description

Goniosupradens erythrodactylus

Portunid crabs are characterised by the flattening of the fifth pair of legs into broad paddles, which are used for swimming.[2] This ability, together with their strong, sharp claws, allows many species to be fast and aggressive predators.[2]
Examples

Its members include many well-known shoreline crabs, such as the European shore crab (Carcinus maenas), 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.
Taxonomy

The circumscription of the family varies, with some authors treating "Carcinidae", "Catoptridae" and "Macropipidae" as separate families,[1] and others considering them subfamilies of a wider Portunidae.[3] Swimming crabs reach their greatest species diversity in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[4]

Extinct genera are marked with an obelisk.

Caphyrinae Guérin, 1832

Caphyra Guérin, 1832
Coelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930
Lissocarcinus Adams & White, 1849
Mioxaiva † Müller, 1978

Carcininae MacLeay, 1838

Carcinus Leach, 1814
Cicarnus † Karasawa & Fudouji, 2000
Miopipus † Müller, 1984
Portumnus Leach, 1814
Xaiva MacLeay, 1838

Carupinae Paul’son, 1875

Carupa Dana, 1851
Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870
Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Neptocarcinus † Lőrenthey, 1898
Rakosia † Müller, 1984
Richerellus Manning & Felder, 1989

Podophthalminae Dana, 1851

Euphylax Stimpson, 1860
Podophthalmus Lamarck, 1801
Psygmophthalmus † Schweitzer, Iturralde-Vinent, Hetler & Velez-Juarbe, 2006
Sandomingia † Rathbun, 1919
Saratunus † Collins, Lee & Noad, 2003
Viaophthalmus † Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008

Polybiinae Ortmann, 1893

Bathynectes Stimpson, 1871
Benthochascon Alcock & Anderson, 1899
Boschettia † Busulini, Tessier, Beschin & De Angeli, 2003
Brusinia Števčić, 1991
Coenophthalmus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Falsiportunites † Collins & Jakobsen, 2003
Gecchelicarcinus † Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2007
Liocarcinus Stimpson, 1871
Macropipus Prestandrea, 1833
Maeandricampus † Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2002
Megokkos † Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
Minohellenus † Karasawa, 1990
Necora Holthuis, 1987
Ophthalmoplax † Rathbun, 1935
Parathranites Miers, 1886
Pleolobites † Remy, 1960
Polybius Leach, 1820
Pororaria † Glaessner, 1980
Portufuria † Collins, Schulz & Jakobsen, 2005
Portunites † Bell, 1858
Proterocarcinus † Feldmann, Casadío, Chirino-Gálvez & Aguirre-Urreta, 1995
Raymanninus Ng, 2000
Rhachiosoma † Woodward, 1871

Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815

Acanthoportunus † Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2002
Arenaeus Dana, 1851
Atoportunus Ng & Takeda, 2003
Callinectes Stimpson, 1860
Carupella Lenz in Lenz & Strunck, 1914
Colneptunus † Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929
Cronius Stimpson, 1860
Euronectes † Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
Laleonectes Manning & Chace, 1990
Lupella Rathbun, 1897
Lupocyclus Adams & White, 1849
Necronectes † A. Milne-Edwards, 1881
Portunus Weber, 1795
Pseudoachelous † Portell & Collins, 2004
Rathbunella † Collins in Collins, Portell & Donovan, 2009
Sanquerus Manning, 1989
Scylla De Haan, 1833

Thalamitinae Paul’son, 1875

Charybdis De Haan, 1833
Eocharybdis † Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2002
Gonioinfradens Leene, 1938
Thalamita Latreille, 1829
Thalamitoides A. Milne-Edwards, 1869

incertae sedis

Enoplonotus † A. Milne-Edwards, 1860
Neptunus † de Haan 1839

References

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