Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Dominica (Windward Islands)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 103
218
324 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 103
218
324 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 78
170
270 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 77
168
268 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 70
150
246 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 32
65
95 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 25
56
85 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 16
39
56 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
| 1
6
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Portunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs | 6
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Dominica
6 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Dominica
11 Species | Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860 | Redhair Swimming Crab | | Achelous sebae H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Ocellate Swimming Crab | | Arenaeus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818 | Speckled Crab | | Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edw..., 1879 | Blunt-tooth swimming crab | | Callinectes marginatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861 | Marbled swimcrab | | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | American blue crab | | Cronius ruber Lamarck, 1818 | Blackpoint sculling crab | | Laleonectes vocans A. Milne-Edw..., 1878 | | | Portunus (Achelous) sebae (H. Milne Edw..., 1834) | ⇒ Achelous sebae H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | | Portunus (Portunus) ventralis A. Milne-Edw..., 1879 | | | Portunus vocans (A. Milne-Edw..., 1878) | ⇒ Laleonectes vocans A. Milne-Edw..., 1878 |
Subnodes of Portunidae with occurrences in Dominica
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
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