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Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Saint Helena (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
124
252
371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
124
252
371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
57
111
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
56
110
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
52
98
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
49
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
44
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
19
34
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
6
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saint Helena
5 Genera with 7 Species
Arenaeus Dana, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Laleonectes Manning and ..., 18781SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 17833SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saint Helena
7 Species
Arenaeus mexicanus Gerstaecker, 1856Reticulated swimming crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii A. Milne-Edw..., 1867Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
Laleonectes vocans A. Milne-Edw..., 1878
Ovalipes trimaculatus De Haan, 1833Rowing Crab
Portunus (Portunus) anceps de Saussure, 1857Delicate swimming crab
Portunus (Portunus) armatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861Australian Blue Swimmer Crab
Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus J. F. W. Herbst, 1783Blood-spotted Swimming Crab

Subnodes of Portunidae with occurrences in Saint Helena
SubfamilyPolybiinae
Ortmann, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPortuninae
Rafinesque, 1815
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyThalamitinae
Paul´son, 1875
1
1
Genus
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