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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Malta (Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
85
139
188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
84
138
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
43
71
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
43
71
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
42
70
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
23
37
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
22
36
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
18
32
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malta
2 Families width 9 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab8SpeciesTaxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923Deepsea crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malta
7 Genera with 9 Species
Callinectes Stimpson, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Geryon Krøyer, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Liocarcinus Stimpson, 19683SpeciesTaxom
Macropipus Prestandrea, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Xaiva MacLeay, 19841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malta
9 Species
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Geryon longipes A. Milne-Edw..., 1882
Liocarcinus corrugatus Pennant, 1777Wrinkled swimming crab
Liocarcinus maculatus Risso, 1827
Liocarcinus zariquieyi Gordon, 1968
Macropipus tuberculatus Roux, 1830Portunid crab
Portunus (Portunus) segnis Forskål, 1775
Thalamita poissonii Audouin, 1826Poisson Swimming Crab
Xaiva bachmayeri Muller, 1984

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Malta
FamilyGeryonidae
Colosi, 1923
Deepsea crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
6
8
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