Portunus

Portunus; Temporal range: Paleogene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Portunus; Weber, 1795
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]

Species	Authority	Date	Subgenus
	(Balss, 1922)	1922	Lupocycloporus
	Stephenson & Rees, 1967	1967	Xiphonectes
	(Stimpson, 1871)	1871	Portunus
	(Faxon, 1893)	1893	Portunus
	(Nobili, 1905)	1905	Xiphonectes
	(Saussure, 1858)	1858	Portunus
	(De Man, 1887)	1887	Xiphonectes
	Rathbun, 1898	1898	Achelous
	(Nobili, 1905)	1905	Xiphonectes
	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Monomia
	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Portunus
	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Portunus
	Stephenson & Cook, 1973	1973	Monomia
	(Faxon, 1895)	1895	Achelous
Portunus brockii	(De Man, 1887)	1887	Xiphonectes
	De Haan, 1835	1835	Portunus
	Stephenson, 1961	1961	Monomia
	Chen, 1986	1986	Xiphonectes
	(Stimpson, 1859)	1859	Achelous
	(Laurie, 1906)	1906	Achelous
	A. Milne-Edwards, 1861	1861	Achelous
	(Laurie, 1906)	1906	Monomia
	Rathbun, 1930	1930	Achelous
	(Stimpson, 1859)	1859	Portunus
	Fabricius, 1798	1798	Monomia
	(Stimpson, 1858)	1858	Lupocycloporus
	(Stimpson, 1858)	1858	Xiphonectes
	(H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)	1834	Achelous
	Garth & Stephenson, 1966	1966	Achelous
	Stephenson & Rees, 1961	1961	Xiphonectes
	Chen, 1986	1986	Xiphonectes
	Fabricius, 1798	1798	Xiphonectes
	(Linnaeus, 1767)	1767	Portunus
	(Miers, 1881)	1881	Portunus
	(Rathbun, 1909)	1909	Lupocycloporus
	Crosnier, 1962	1962	Xiphonectes
	(Rathbun, 1894)	1894	Achelous
	Türkay, 1968	1968	Achelous
	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Lupocycloporus
	(Rathbun, 1906)	1906	Xiphonectes
	Moosa, 1996	1996	Monomia
	(Dana, 1852)	1852	Xiphonectes
	Rathbun, 1906	1906	Xiphonectes
	(Hoffman, 1877)	1877	Portunus
	Guinot, 1957	1957	Xiphonectes
	Ward, 1942	1942	Portunus
	Rathbun, 1898	1898	Portunus
	(Shen, 1937)	1937	Lupocycloporus
	Zarenkov, 1970	1970	Portunus
	(Gordon, 1938)	1938	Achelous
	(Richters, 1880)	1880	Achelous
	Rathbun, 1911	1911	Achelous
	(Stimpson, 1860)	1860	Achelous
	Crosnier, 2002	2002	Xiphonectes
Portunus pelagicus	(Linnaeus, 1758)	1758	Portunus
	(Alcock, 1899)	1899	Monomia
	(Fabricius, 1798)	1798	Monomia
	Stephenson, 1961	1961	Monomia
	Yang & Tang, 2006	2006	Xiphonectes
	Spiridonov, 1999	1999	Xiphonectes
	(Dana, 1852)	1852	Portunus
	(Gordon, 1931)	1931	Xiphonectes
	(Herbst, 1799)	1799	Portunus
	Davie, 1987	1987	Portunus
	(Lanchester, 1900)	1900	Monomia
	Holthuis, 1959	1959	Portunus
	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Xiphonectes
	(Ward, 1939)	1939	Monomia
Portunus sanguinolentus	(Herbst, 1783)	1783	Portunus
Portunus sayi	(Gibbes, 1850)	1850	Portunus
	(H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)	1834	Achelous
Portunus segnis	(Forskål, 1775)	1775	Portunus
	(Montrouzier, 1865)	1865	Portunus
	Stephenson, 1967	1967	Lupocycloporus
	(Stimpson, 1871)	1871	Achelous
	Stephenson & Rees, 1967	1967	Xiphonectes
	Latreille, 1819	1819	Achelous
	(Miers, 1886)	1886	Xiphonectes
	Rathbun, 1902	1902	Achelous
	Moosa, 1981	1981	Xiphonectes
	Stephenson, 1975	1975	Achelous
	Stephenson, 1961	1961	Xiphonectes
	(De Haan, 1835)	1835	Xiphonectes
	Yang, Dai & Song, 1979	1979	Xiphonectes
	Stephenson, 1972	1972	Xiphonectes
Portunus trituberculatus	(Miers, 1876)	1876	Portunus
	(Stimpson, 1860)	1860	Achelous
	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Xiphonectes
	(Shen, 1937)	1937	Xiphonectes
	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)	1879	Portunus
	Moosa, 1981	1981	Lupocycloporus
	(Stimpson, 1860)	1860	Portunus
	Sakai, 1974	1974	Achelous

References[]

^ "Portunus Weber, 1795". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
^ "Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876)". Species Fact Sheets. FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
^ "Sydney Fish Market: Crabs". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
^ 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.
^ Fossilworks
^ 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.

[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.

[Grave-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

[Ng-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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