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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Nueces County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
52
80
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
52
80
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
34
57
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
34
57
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
31
52
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
19
31
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
18
30
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
14
22
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
5
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nueces County
1 Family width 11 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nueces County
5 Genera with 11 Species
Arenaeus Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 17992SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Raymanninus Ng, 19311SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nueces County
11 Species
Arenaeus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818Speckled Crab
Callinectes danae S. I. Smith, 1869Dana swimcrab
Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863Ornate blue crab
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Callinectes similis Williams, 1966Dwarf crab
Ovalipes floridanus Hay & Shore, 1918Florida lady crab
Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799Calico crab
Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus (Latreille, 1819)⇒ Achelous spinimanus Latreille, 1819
Portunus (Portunus) gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Iridescent swimming crab
Portunus (Portunus) sayi Gibbes, 1850Sargassum Crab
Raymanninus schmitti Rathbun, 1931Sharpoar swimming crab

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Nueces County
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
5
11
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