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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
54
128
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
54
128
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
40
103
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
40
103
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
39
95
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
68
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
67
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
18
58
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
7
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Region
1 Family width 10 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Region
7 Genera with 10 Species
Caphyra Guérin, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Lissocarcinus Adams & White, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Lupocycloporus Alcock, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Lupocyclus Adams & White, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Scylla De Haan, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18032SpeciesTaxom
Xiphonectes A. Milne Edw..., 17981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
10 Species
Caphyra rotundifrons A. Milne-Edw..., 1869Turtle Weed Crab
Lissocarcinus arkati Kemp, 1923
Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, 1852Harlequin Crab
Lissocarcinus polybioides (Adams & White, 1849)⇒ Lissocarcinus polybiodes Adams & White, 1849
Lupocycloporus laevis A. Milne-Edw..., 1861
Lupocyclus philippinensis Semper, 1880Philippine Scissor Swimming Crab
Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1775Black crab
Thalamita admete Herbst, 1803
Thalamita prymna Herbst, 1803Blue-spined Swimming Crab
Xiphonectes hastatoides Fabricius, 1798

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Papua Region
FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
7
10
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