Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 156
354
515 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 155
353
513 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 60
129
209 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 59
122
196 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 53
105
161 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 24
47
65 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 21
40
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 17
33
50 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
| 2
9
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Portunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs | 8
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Namibia
8 Genera with 11 Species
Species list for Namibia
11 Species | Achelous tuberculatus Stimpson, 1860 | Tiberculated swimming crab | | Bathynectes piperitus Manning & Ho..., 1981 | | | Benthochascon hemingi Alcock & And..., 1899 | | | Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758 | Asian Shore Crab | | Charybdis (Charybdis) callianassa Herbst, 1789 | | | Macropipus australis Guinot, 1961 | | | Ovalipes punctatus De Haan, 1833 | | | Ovalipes trimaculatus De Haan, 1833 | Rowing Crab | | Xaiva biguttata Risso, 1816 | | | Xaiva mcleayi Barnard, 1947 | | | Xaiva pulchella MacLeay, 1838 | |
Subnodes of Portunidae with occurrences in Namibia
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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