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Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Cook Shire (Far North Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
89
170
238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
89
170
238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
52
114
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
52
114
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
46
101
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
56
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
24
56
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
18
46
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
11
21
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
11
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cook Shire
11 Genera with 21 Species
Carcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Liocarcinus Stimpson, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Lupocycloporus Alcock, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Monomia Gistl, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Necora Holthuis, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Parathranites Miers, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18334SpeciesTaxom
Scylla De Haan, 17961SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18528SpeciesTaxom
Xiphonectes A. Milne Edw..., 18611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cook Shire
21 Species
Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758Asian Shore Crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) natator Herbst, 1794Ridged Swimming Crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) orientalis Dana, 1852
Liocarcinus pusillus Leach, 1816Dwarf swimming crab
Lupocycloporus gracilimanus Stimpson, 1858
Monomia rubromarginatus Lanchester, 1900
Necora puber Linnaeus, 1767Devil crab
Portunus (Monomia) rubromarginatus Lanchester, 1900
Portunus (Portunus) armatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861Australian Blue Swimmer Crab
Portunus (Xiphonectes) rugosus A. Milne Edw..., 1861
Portunus (Xiphonectes) tenuipes De Haan, 1833
Scylla olivacea Herbst, 1796Orange Mud Crab
Thalamita chaptalii Audouin, 1826
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830Crenate swimming crab
Thalamita danae Stimpson, 1858Blue Mottled Swimmer Crab
Thalamita intermedia Miers, 1886Six-lobed Crab
Thalamita intermedida
Thalamita quadrilobata Miers, 1884
Thalamita sima H. Milne Edw..., 1834Four-lobed Swimming Crab
Thalamita spinimana Dana, 1852Spiny Claw Swimming Crab
Xiphonectes rugosus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLupocyclinae
Alcock, 1899
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolybiinae
Ortmann, 1893
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPortuninae
Rafinesque, 1815
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyThalamitinae
Paul´son, 1875
2
10
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