Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Ghana (West Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 87
185
301 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 87
185
301 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 61
140
243 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 60
135
235 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 54
124
215 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 31
76
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 28
71
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 20
53
85 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
| 2
7
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Portunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs | 6
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Ghana
6 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Ghana
12 Species | Bathynectes maravigna Prestandrea, 1839 | | | Bathynectes piperitus Manning & Ho..., 1981 | | | Callinectes amnicola Rochebrune, 1883 | Bigfisted swimcrab | | Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893 | | | Callinectes marginatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861 | Marbled swimcrab | | Callinectes pallidus Rochebrune, 1883 | Gladiator swimcrab | | Cronius ruber Lamarck, 1818 | Blackpoint sculling crab | | Macropipus rugosus Doflein, 1904 | | | Neptunus inaequalis (Miers, 1881) | ⇒ Portunus inaequalis Miers, 1881 | | Neptunus pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883) | ⇒ Callinectes pallidus Rochebrune, 1883 | | Portunus (Portunus) hastatus Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Portunus (Portunus) inaequalis Miers, 1881 | |
Subnodes of Portunidae with occurrences in Ghana
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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