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Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Southeast Tanzania (South Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
62
113
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
62
113
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
40
88
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
40
88
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
39
82
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
58
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
57
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
14
30
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
5
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Tanzania
2 Genera with 5 Species
Portunus Weber, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18344SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Tanzania
5 Species
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758Alimasag
Thalamita admete Herbst, 1803
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830Crenate swimming crab
Thalamita integra Dana, 1852
Thalamita sima H. Milne Edw..., 1834Four-lobed Swimming Crab

Subnodes of Portunidae with occurrences in Southeast Tanzania
SubfamilyPortuninae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyThalamitinae
Paul´son, 1875
1
4
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