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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
101
221
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
101
221
336
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
68
169
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
68
169
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
62
152
231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
35
91
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
32
86
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
26
68
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
11
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sierra Leone
2 Families width 15 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab13SpeciesTaxom
Geryonidae (Colosi, 1923)Deepsea crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sierra Leone
11 Genera with 15 Species
Callinectes Stimpson, 18835SpeciesTaxom
Carcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 19851SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Cronius Stimpson, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Geryon Krøyer, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Liocarcinus Stimpson, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Macropipus Prestandrea, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Neptunus De Haan, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Xaiva MacLeay, 19471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
15 Species
Callinectes amnicola Rochebrune, 1883Bigfisted swimcrab
Callinectes gladiator Benedict, 1893
Callinectes latimanus (Rathbun, 1897)⇒ Callinectes amnicola Rochebrune, 1883
Callinectes marginatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1861Marbled swimcrab
Callinectes pallidus Rochebrune, 1883Gladiator swimcrab
Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758Asian Shore Crab
Chaceon gordonae Ingle, 1985
Charybdis (Charybdis) callianassa Herbst, 1789
Cronius ruber Lamarck, 1818Blackpoint sculling crab
Geryon gordonae (Ingle, 1985)⇒ Chaceon gordonae Ingle, 1985
Liocarcinus marmoreus Leach, 1814Marbled swimming crab
Macropipus rugosus Doflein, 1904
Neptunus pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883)⇒ Callinectes pallidus Rochebrune, 1883
Portunus (Portunus) inaequalis Miers, 1881
Xaiva mcleayi Barnard, 1947

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone
FamilyGeryonidae
Colosi, 1923
Deepsea crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
9
13
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