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Checklist for Family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Swimming Crab)
and region Starr County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
61
91
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
61
91
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
36
60
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
36
60
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
33
54
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
18
29
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
16
27
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
17
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
4
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Starr County
4 Genera with 7 Species
Arenaeus Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18191SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Starr County
7 Species
Arenaeus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818Speckled Crab
Callinectes danae S. I. Smith, 1869Dana swimcrab
Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863Ornate blue crab
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Callinectes similis Williams, 1966Dwarf crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) callianassa Herbst, 1789
Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus (Latreille, 1819)⇒ Achelous spinimanus Latreille, 1819

Subnodes of Portunidae with occurrences in Starr County
SubfamilyPortuninae
Rafinesque, 1815
3
6
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