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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
266
930
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
260
922
2236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
97
311
735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
95
301
706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
89
275
655
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
43
119
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
111
191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
28
92
149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
14
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
3 Families width 23 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab20SpeciesTaxom
Geryonidae (Colosi, 1923)Deepsea crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Longusorbiidae Karasawa, Sc..., 20081SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Canada
14 Genera with 23 Species
Bathynectes Manning & Ho..., 20111SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Carcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 18791SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Geryon Krøyer, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Liocarcinus Stimpson, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Longusorbis Richards, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Macropipus Prestandrea, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Necora Holthuis, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Portunites Bell, 1926Swimming crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18263SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
23 Species
Bathynectes muelleri Ossó & Stale..., 2011
Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson, 1859Cortez swimming crab
Callinectes exasperatus Gerstaecker, 1856Rugose swimcrab
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758Asian Shore Crab
Chaceon quinquedens Smith, 1879Red Crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) callianassa Herbst, 1789
Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii A. Milne-Edw..., 1867Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
Charybdis (Goniohellenus) longicollis Leene, 1938
Geryon quinquedens (Smith, 1879)⇒ Chaceon quinquedens Smith, 1879
Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Polybius holsatus Fabricius, 1798
Liocarcinus vernalis Risso, 1827Grey ᾷ crab
Longusorbis cuniculosus B. C. Richards, 1975
Macropipus tuberculatus Roux, 1830Portunid crab
Necora puber Linnaeus, 1767Devil crab
Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799Calico crab
Portunites triangulum Rathbun, 1926
Portunus (Portunus) hastatus Linnaeus, 1767
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758Alimasag
Portunus (Portunus) sayi Gibbes, 1850Sargassum Crab
Thalamita danae Stimpson, 1858Blue Mottled Swimmer Crab
Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Thalamita poissonii Audouin, 1826Poisson Swimming Crab

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Canada
FamilyGeryonidae
Colosi, 1923
Deepsea crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLongusorbiidae
Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
11
20
Genera
Species

Taxom



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