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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
218
545
999
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
217
543
998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
114
336
712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
113
332
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
105
307
644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
55
178
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
49
166
321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
39
137
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
8
19
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ecuador
1 Family width 19 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab19SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ecuador
7 Genera with 19 Species
Achelous De Haan, 18606SpeciesTaxom
Arenaeus Dana, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Cronius Stimpson, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Euphylax Stimpson, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18605SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
19 Species
Achelous angustus Rathbun, 1898Narrow swimming crab
Achelous brevimanus Faxon, 1895
Achelous iridescens Rathbun, 1894
Achelous spinicarpus Stimpson, 1871
Achelous stanfordi Rathbun, 1902Stanford swimming crab
Achelous tuberculatus Stimpson, 1860Tiberculated swimming crab
Arenaeus mexicanus Gerstaecker, 1856Reticulated swimming crab
Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863Arched swimming crab
Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863Giant swimcrab
Charybdis (Charybdis) callianassa Herbst, 1789
Cronius ruber Lamarck, 1818Blackpoint sculling crab
Euphylax dovii Stimpson, 1860Correll's snakewood
Euphylax robustus A. Milne-Edw..., 1874
Portunus (Achelous) angustus (Rathbun, 1898)⇒ Achelous angustus Rathbun, 1898
Portunus (Achelous) brevimanus (Faxon, 1895)⇒ Achelous brevimanus Faxon, 1895
Portunus (Achelous) stanfordi (Rathbun, 1902)⇒ Achelous stanfordi Rathbun, 1902
Portunus (Portunus) affinis Faxon, 1893
Portunus (Portunus) xantusii Stimpson, 1860Xantus swimming crab

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Ecuador
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
8
19
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