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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Melville Island (Tiwi Islands, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
35
54
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
35
54
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
25
42
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
25
42
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
22
36
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
15
25
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
15
25
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
12
20
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
4
8
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melville Island
1 Family width 8 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melville Island
4 Genera with 8 Species
Charybdis De Haan, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Podophthalmus Lamarck, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 17833SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18583SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melville Island
8 Species
Charybdis (Charybdis) callianassa Herbst, 1789
Podophthalmus vigil Fabricius, 1798Sentinel crab
Portunus (Portunus) armatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861Australian Blue Swimmer Crab
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758Alimasag
Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus J. F. W. Herbst, 1783Blood-spotted Swimming Crab
Thalamita coeruleipes Hombron & Ja..., 1846Azure Swimming Crab
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830Crenate swimming crab
Thalamita danae Stimpson, 1858Blue Mottled Swimmer Crab

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Melville Island
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
4
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