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Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
75
154
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
75
154
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
48
104
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
48
104
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
45
98
186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
25
60
105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
57
101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
16
35
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
8
16
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
8
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
8 Genera with 16 Species
Callinectes Stimpson, 18968SpeciesTaxom
Cronius Stimpson, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Macropipus Prestandrea, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Neptunus De Haan, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Polybius Leach, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Sanquerus Manning, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Xaiva MacLeay, 18381SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
16 Species
Callinectes amnicola Rochebrune, 1883Bigfisted swimcrab
Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edw..., 1879Blunt-tooth swimming crab
Callinectes diacanthus Latreille, 1825
Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893
Callinectes larvatus (A. Milne-Edw..., 1861)⇒ Callinectes marginatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861
Callinectes marginatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861Marbled swimcrab
Callinectes pallidus Rochebrune, 1883Gladiator swimcrab
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Cronius ruber Lamarck, 1818Blackpoint sculling crab
Macropipus rugosus Doflein, 1904
Neptunus pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883)⇒ Callinectes pallidus Rochebrune, 1883
Polybius (Necora) corrugatus (Pennant, 1777)⇒ Liocarcinus corrugatus Pennant, 1777
Portunus (Portunus) hastatus Linnaeus, 1767
Portunus validus (Herklots, 1851)⇒ Sanquerus validus Herklots, 1851
Sanquerus validus Herklots, 1851
Xaiva pulchella MacLeay, 1838

Subnodes of Portunidae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilyCarcininae
MacLeay, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolybiinae
Ortmann, 1893
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPortuninae
Rafinesque, 1815
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Portunidae at artfakta.se
Portunidae at biodiversity.org.au
Portunidae at dyntaxa.se
Portunidae at gbif.org
Portunidae at irmng.org
Portunidae at itis.gov
Portunidae at marinespecies.org