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Taxonomy of Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		1033
12148
92586		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
995
11546
91261		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
379
5045
43294		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		376
5018
43105		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
278
4664
41091		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs		156
2882
21182		Families
Genera
Species

Section
 		Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
128
2548
19326		Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 		Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
105
2118
15782		Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 		Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
13
182
1607		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
FamilyCarcineretidae ♰
Beurlen, 1930
5
8		Genera
Species
FamilyCarcinidae
MacLeay, 1838  ⇒ Carcininae
Swimming crabs		10
4		Genera
Species
FamilyCatopidae
Borradaile, 1902
Small carrion beetles		0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyCatoptridae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming crabs		0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyGeryonidae
Colosi, 1923
Deepsea crabs		9
83		Genera
Species
FamilyLithophylacidae ♰
Straelen, 1936
1
1		Genus
Species
FamilyLongusorbiidae ♰
Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
2
5		Genera
Species
FamilyMacropipidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming crabs		4
4		Genera
Species
FamilyNautilocorystidae
Ortmann, 1893  ⇒ Nautilocorystinae
1
0		Genus
Species
FamilyPolybiidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming crabs		7
7		Genera
Species
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs		141
1493		Genera
Species
FamilyPrimelidae
Alcock, 1899
0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyPsammocarcinidae ♰
2
2		Genera
Species


Distribution and Species lists of Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVY
Albania
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesAlgeria
2 Families  11 Genera  18 SpeciesAngola
2 Families  14 Genera  23 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
1 Families  5 Genera  12 SpeciesArgentina
2 Families  12 Genera  24 SpeciesAustralia
2 Families  52 Genera  258 SpeciesAustria
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesBahamas
2 Families  18 Genera  49 SpeciesBahrain
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBangladesh
1 Families  5 Genera  11 SpeciesBarbados
1 Families  6 Genera  12 SpeciesBelgium
1 Families  10 Genera  27 SpeciesBelize
1 Families  9 Genera  25 SpeciesBenin
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesBolivia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesBrazil
2 Families  20 Genera  71 SpeciesBrunei
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesBulgaria
2 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesBurkina Faso
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCambodia
1 Families  5 Genera  11 SpeciesCameroon
1 Families  8 Genera  16 SpeciesCanada
3 Families  14 Genera  23 SpeciesCape Verde
2 Families  11 Genera  17 SpeciesCentral African Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChile
2 Families  15 Genera  24 SpeciesChina
2 Families  33 Genera  132 SpeciesColombia
2 Families  16 Genera  52 SpeciesComoros
1 Families  10 Genera  20 SpeciesCook Islands
1 Families  6 Genera  14 SpeciesCosta Rica
1 Families  7 Genera  27 SpeciesCroatia
1 Families  9 Genera  20 SpeciesCuba
2 Families  14 Genera  35 SpeciesCyprus
1 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesCzech Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
2 Families  6 Genera  12 SpeciesDenmark
3 Families  15 Genera  22 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Families  12 Genera  40 SpeciesDominica
1 Families  6 Genera  11 SpeciesDominican Republic
1 Families  8 Genera  22 SpeciesEast Timor
1 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesEcuador
1 Families  8 Genera  19 SpeciesEgypt
2 Families  13 Genera  35 SpeciesEl Salvador
1 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
1 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesEritrea
1 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesEthiopia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFiji
1 Families  15 Genera  48 SpeciesFinland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFrance
5 Families  30 Genera  128 SpeciesGabon
2 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesGambia
1 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesGeorgia
1 Families  10 Genera  17 SpeciesGermany
2 Families  15 Genera  25 SpeciesGhana
2 Families  7 Genera  14 SpeciesGreece
2 Families  18 Genera  50 SpeciesGrenada
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesGuinea
2 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
2 Families  10 Genera  15 SpeciesGuyana
1 Families  5 Genera  12 SpeciesHaiti
1 Families  6 Genera  21 SpeciesHonduras
2 Families  5 Genera  12 SpeciesHungary
2 Families  11 Genera  8 SpeciesIceland
2 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesIndia
1 Families  23 Genera  129 SpeciesIndonesia
2 Families  26 Genera  181 SpeciesIran
1 Families  5 Genera  22 SpeciesIraq
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIreland
2 Families  14 Genera  34 SpeciesIsrael
2 Families  16 Genera  29 SpeciesItaly
2 Families  26 Genera  87 SpeciesIvory Coast
2 Families  9 Genera  10 SpeciesJamaica
2 Families  12 Genera  30 SpeciesJapan
2 Families  41 Genera  203 SpeciesJordan
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
1 Families  10 Genera  30 SpeciesKiribati
2 Families  14 Genera  37 SpeciesKuwait
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLebanon
1 Families  9 Genera  15 SpeciesLiberia
2 Families  8 Genera  14 SpeciesLibya
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesMadagascar
2 Families  26 Genera  118 SpeciesMalaysia
1 Families  18 Genera  50 SpeciesMaldives
1 Families  11 Genera  34 SpeciesMalta
2 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Families  14 Genera  41 SpeciesMauritania
2 Families  11 Genera  23 SpeciesMauritius
2 Families  18 Genera  62 SpeciesMexico
4 Families  24 Genera  81 SpeciesMicronesia
2 Families  26 Genera  119 SpeciesMonaco
1 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesMontenegro
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesMorocco
2 Families  12 Genera  27 SpeciesMozambique
2 Families  16 Genera  42 SpeciesMyanmar
1 Families  9 Genera  30 SpeciesNamibia
2 Families  9 Genera  17 SpeciesNetherlands
3 Families  20 Genera  53 SpeciesNew Zealand
2 Families  21 Genera  40 SpeciesNicaragua
1 Families  6 Genera  20 SpeciesNigeria
1 Families  8 Genera  12 SpeciesNiue
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNorway
2 Families  26 Genera  78 SpeciesOman
1 Families  11 Genera  49 SpeciesPakistan
1 Families  8 Genera  21 SpeciesPalau
2 Families  15 Genera  55 SpeciesPalestine
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPanama
2 Families  16 Genera  48 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
2 Families  24 Genera  100 SpeciesPeru
1 Families  12 Genera  23 SpeciesPhilippines
1 Families  27 Genera  162 SpeciesPoland
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesPortugal
2 Families  18 Genera  49 SpeciesQatar
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
2 Families  23 Genera  82 SpeciesRomania
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesRussia
3 Families  9 Genera  10 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Families  5 Genera  8 SpeciesSamoa
2 Families  12 Genera  29 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
2 Families  18 Genera  69 SpeciesSenegal
2 Families  16 Genera  31 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  18 Genera  72 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  11 Genera  15 SpeciesSingapore
1 Families  14 Genera  55 SpeciesSlovenia
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesSolomon Islands
2 Families  21 Genera  63 SpeciesSomalia
2 Families  7 Genera  22 SpeciesSomaliland
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSouth Korea
2 Families  8 Genera  12 SpeciesSpain
3 Families  22 Genera  68 SpeciesSri Lanka
1 Families  15 Genera  54 SpeciesSudan
1 Families  9 Genera  19 SpeciesSuriname
1 Families  5 Genera  20 SpeciesSweden
2 Families  23 Genera  64 SpeciesSyria
1 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesTaiwan
2 Families  35 Genera  179 SpeciesTanzania
1 Families  16 Genera  47 SpeciesThailand
1 Families  13 Genera  68 SpeciesTogo
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesTonga
1 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
1 Families  7 Genera  23 SpeciesTunisia
1 Families  9 Genera  21 SpeciesTurkey
1 Families  13 Genera  29 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesUkraine
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
1 Families  10 Genera  28 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
4 Families  28 Genera  89 SpeciesUruguay
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesUSA
3 Families  55 Genera  236 SpeciesVanuatu
1 Families  8 Genera  19 SpeciesVenezuela
2 Families  10 Genera  30 SpeciesVietnam
1 Families  15 Genera  52 SpeciesYemen
1 Families  16 Genera  61 Species


Distribution on islands
#ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPRSTUVW
Aldabra Group
1 Families  10 Genera  15 SpeciesAnholt
1 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesAuskerry
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAzores
2 Families  9 Genera  18 SpeciesBarat Daya Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBasse-Terre Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBathurst Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBressay
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBruny Island
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesCalf of Eday
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCapricorn Group
1 Families  11 Genera  42 SpeciesCava
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCentral Line Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesDanish Wadden Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDesertas
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDesertas Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDunk Island
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesEaster Island
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesEday
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesEgilsay
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEl Hierro
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesEynhallow
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFlotta
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesFuerteventura
1 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesGlorioso Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGoat Island
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesGraemsay
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesGran Canaria
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesGrande Comore
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGrande-Terre
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesHaruku
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesHebrides
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesHeron Island
1 Families  7 Genera  29 SpeciesInner Hebrides
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesIsla Ballena
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Blanca
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Carmen
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesIsla del Rey
1 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesIsla Isabel
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesIsla Lobos
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIsla Magdalena
1 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesIsla Margarita
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesIsla Verde
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesIslands of Chile
1 Families  13 Genera  25 SpeciesIslands of the Stagnone of Marsala
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKai Islands
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesKing George Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKisar
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKo Kut
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKo Phuket
1 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesKrakatoa
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLa Digue
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesLa Palma
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesLangkawi
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesLangli
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLanzarote
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesLinga Holm
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesLord Howe Island
1 Families  6 Genera  14 SpeciesLow Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMacaronesia
2 Families  15 Genera  43 SpeciesMagnetic Island
1 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesMahé
1 Families  8 Genera  12 SpeciesMalden Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMasthead Island
1 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesMoa Island
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesMurray Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorth West Island
1 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesNorthern Isles
2 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesNorthern Line Islands
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesNorthern Orkney Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesObi Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesOne Tree Island
1 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesOrkney Islands
2 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesOuter Hebrides
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesPapa Westray
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesPine Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPrince of Wales Island (Queensland)
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesRousay
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRügen
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSan Miguel Island (California)
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSan Miguel Island (Philippines)
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSanday
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSanta Catalina Island
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSanta Catalina Island (California)
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSanta Cruz Island
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesSanta Rosa Island
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesShapinsay
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesShetland Islands
1 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesShetland Mainland
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesSkye
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesSmith Island
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSolitary Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouth Ronaldsay
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSouth Shetland Islands
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesSouth Solitary Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouthern Line Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouthern Orkney Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesStarbuck Island
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesStore Færder
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesStradbroke Island
1 Families  7 Genera  17 SpeciesStronsay
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSule Skerry
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSule Stack
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSwitha
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTabuaeran Island
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesTaliabu
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesTenerife
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTernate
1 Families  4 Genera  11 SpeciesThursday Island
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesTryon Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUist
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesVancouver Island
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesVostok Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWellington
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesWestern Orkney Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesWestray
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWreck Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWyre
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Found in fossile formations
London Clay Formation
2 Families  3 Genera  4 Species


Links, sources and further information
Portunoidea at artfakta.se
Portunoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Portunoidea at dyntaxa.se
Portunoidea at itis.gov
Portunoidea at marinespecies.org