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Checklist for Subfamily Portuninae Rafinesque, 1815
and region Senegal (West Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
118
267
483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
117
266
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
73
201
379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
71
195
357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
65
175
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
41
113
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
106
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
29
88
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
16
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
15
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPortuninae
Rafinesque, 1815
4
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Senegal
4 Genera with 12 Species
Callinectes Stimpson, 18834SpeciesTaxom
Cronius Stimpson, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 17986SpeciesTaxom
Sanquerus Manning, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Senegal
12 Species
Callinectes amnicola Rochebrune, 1883Bigfisted swimcrab
Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893
Callinectes marginatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861Marbled swimcrab
Callinectes pallidus Rochebrune, 1883Gladiator swimcrab
Cronius ruber Lamarck, 1818Blackpoint sculling crab
Portunus (Achelous) tuberculatus (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Macropipus tuberculatus Roux, 1830
Portunus (Portunus) hastatus Linnaeus, 1767
Portunus (Portunus) inaequalis Miers, 1881
Portunus corrugatus Pennant, 1777
Portunus pusillus (Leach, 1816)⇒ Liocarcinus pusillus Leach, 1816
Portunus variegatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Charybdis variegata Fabricius, 1798
Sanquerus validus Herklots, 1851


Links, sources and further information
Portuninae at biodiversity.org.au
Portuninae at marinespecies.org