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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Colombo (Western Province, Sri Lanka)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
13
19
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
13
19
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
9
15
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
9
15
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
9
15
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
5
11
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
5
11
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
2
7
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
6
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
1 Family width 9 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
6 Genera with 9 Species
Charybdis De Haan, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Lupocycloporus Alcock, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 17833SpeciesTaxom
Scylla De Haan, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Xiphonectes A. Milne Edw..., 17981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colombo (Sri Lanka)
9 Species
Charybdis (Charybdis) natator Herbst, 1794Ridged Swimming Crab
Lupocycloporus gracilimanus Stimpson, 1858
Portunus (Portunus) convexus De Haan, 1835
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758Alimasag
Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus J. F. W. Herbst, 1783Blood-spotted Swimming Crab
Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1775Black crab
Thalamita prymna Herbst, 1803Blue-spined Swimming Crab
Thalamita woodmasoni Alcock, 1899
Xiphonectes hastatoides Fabricius, 1798

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Colombo (Sri Lanka)
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
6
9
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