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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
135
301
437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
134
300
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
71
183
295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
71
183
295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
63
160
263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
37
111
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
33
103
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
24
77
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
11
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Natal
2 Families width 22 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab21SpeciesTaxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923Deepsea crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Natal
11 Genera with 22 Species
Caphyra Guérin, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Carupella Lenz, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 19881SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Lupocyclus Adams & White, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Monomia Gistl, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 17984SpeciesTaxom
Scylla De Haan, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Xaiva MacLeay, 19471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Natal
22 Species
Caphyra tridens Richters, 1880
Caphyra unidentata Lenz, 1910Soft Coral Swimming Crab
Carupella natalensis Lenz & Strunck, 1914
Chaceon macphersoni Manning & Ho..., 1988
Charybdis (Charybdis) annulata Fabricius, 1798
Charybdis (Charybdis) hellerii A. Milne-Edw..., 1867Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) natator Herbst, 1794Ridged Swimming Crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) orientalis Dana, 1852
Charybdis (Goniohellenus) smithii MacLeay, 1838
Lupocyclus tugelae Barnard, 1950
Monomia gladiator (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Portunus gladiator Stimpson, 1858
Ovalipes punctatus De Haan, 1833
Ovalipes trimaculatus De Haan, 1833Rowing Crab
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758Alimasag
Portunus (Portunus) pubescens Dana, 1852Hairy swimming crab
Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus J. F. W. Herbst, 1783Blood-spotted Swimming Crab
Portunus (Xiphonectes) hastatoides Fabricius, 1798
Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1775Black crab
Thalamita admete Herbst, 1803
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830Crenate swimming crab
Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Xaiva mcleayi Barnard, 1947

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

Taxom

FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
10
21
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