Portunus

Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus and the Gazami crab, P. trituberculatus.[2] Other species, such as the three-spotted crab (P. sanguinolentus) are caught as bycatch.[3]

Fossil of Portunus convexus

Portunus Temporal range: Paleogene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Portunus hastatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Portunidae
Subfamily:	Portuninae
Genus:	Portunus Weber, 1795 [1]
Type species
Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758

The genus Portunus contains more than 90 extant species and over 40 further species known only from fossils.[4]

Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia from Paleogene to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago).[5]

The extant species are as follows:[6]

Species	Authority	Date	Subgenus
Portunus aburatsubo	(Balss, 1922)	1922	Lupocycloporus
Portunus acerbiterminalis	Stephenson & Rees, 1967	1967	Xiphonectes
Portunus acuminatus	(Stimpson, 1871)	1871	Portunus
Portunus affinis	(Faxon, 1893)	1893	Portunus
Portunus alcocki	(Nobili, 1905)	1905	Xiphonectes
Portunus anceps	(Saussure, 1858)	1858	Portunus
Portunus andersoni	(De Man, 1887)	1887	Xiphonectes
Portunus angustus	Rathbun, 1898	1898	Achelous
Portunus arabicus	(Nobili, 1905)	1905	Xiphonectes
Portunus argentatus	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Monomia
Portunus armatus	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Portunus
Portunus asper	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Portunus
Portunus australiensis	Stephenson & Cook, 1973	1973	Monomia
Portunus brevimanus	(Faxon, 1895)	1895	Achelous
Portunus brockii	(De Man, 1887)	1887	Xiphonectes
Portunus convexus	De Haan, 1835	1835	Portunus
Portunus curvipenis	Stephenson, 1961	1961	Monomia
Portunus dayawanensis	Chen, 1986	1986	Xiphonectes
Portunus depressiformis	(Stimpson, 1859)	1859	Achelous
Portunus dubius	(Laurie, 1906)	1906	Achelous
Portunus elongatus	A. Milne-Edwards, 1861	1861	Achelous
Portunus euglyphus	(Laurie, 1906)	1906	Monomia
Portunus floridanus	Rathbun, 1930	1930	Achelous
Portunus gibbesii	(Stimpson, 1859)	1859	Portunus
Portunus gladiator	Fabricius, 1798	1798	Monomia
Portunus gracilimanus	(Stimpson, 1858)	1858	Lupocycloporus
Portunus gracillimus	(Stimpson, 1858)	1858	Xiphonectes
Portunus granulatus	(H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)	1834	Achelous
Portunus guaymasensis	Garth & Stephenson, 1966	1966	Achelous
Portunus guinotae	Stephenson & Rees, 1961	1961	Xiphonectes
Portunus hainanensis	Chen, 1986	1986	Xiphonectes
Portunus hastatoides	Fabricius, 1798	1798	Xiphonectes
Portunus hastatus	(Linnaeus, 1767)	1767	Portunus
Portunus inaequalis	(Miers, 1881)	1881	Portunus
Portunus innominatus	(Rathbun, 1909)	1909	Lupocycloporus
Portunus iranjae	Crosnier, 1962	1962	Xiphonectes
Portunus iridescens	(Rathbun, 1894)	1894	Achelous
Portunus isolamargaritensis	Türkay, 1968	1968	Achelous
Portunus laevis	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Lupocycloporus
Portunus latibrachium	(Rathbun, 1906)	1906	Xiphonectes
Portunus lecromi	Moosa, 1996	1996	Monomia
Portunus longispinosus	(Dana, 1852)	1852	Xiphonectes
Portunus macrophthalmus	Rathbun, 1906	1906	Xiphonectes
Portunus madagascariensis	(Hoffman, 1877)	1877	Portunus
Portunus mariei	Guinot, 1957	1957	Xiphonectes
Portunus mauricianus	Ward, 1942	1942	Portunus
Portunus minimus	Rathbun, 1898	1898	Portunus
Portunus minutus	(Shen, 1937)	1937	Lupocycloporus
Portunus mokyevskii	Zarenkov, 1970	1970	Portunus
Portunus octodentatus	(Gordon, 1938)	1938	Achelous
Portunus orbicularis	(Richters, 1880)	1880	Achelous
Portunus orbitosinus	Rathbun, 1911	1911	Achelous
Portunus ordwayi	(Stimpson, 1860)	1860	Achelous
Portunus paralatibrachium	Crosnier, 2002	2002	Xiphonectes
Portunus pelagicus	(Linnaeus, 1758)	1758	Portunus
Portunus petreus	(Alcock, 1899)	1899	Monomia
Portunus ponticus	(Fabricius, 1798)	1798	Monomia
Portunus pseudoargentatus	Stephenson, 1961	1961	Monomia
Portunus pseudohastatoides	Yang & Tang, 2006	2006	Xiphonectes
Portunus pseudotenuipes	Spiridonov, 1999	1999	Xiphonectes
Portunus pubescens	(Dana, 1852)	1852	Portunus
Portunus pulchricristatus	(Gordon, 1931)	1931	Xiphonectes
Portunus reticulatus	(Herbst, 1799)	1799	Portunus
Portunus reufiarcus	Davie, 1987	1987	Portunus
Portunus rubromarginatus	(Lanchester, 1900)	1900	Monomia
Portunus rufiremus	Holthuis, 1959	1959	Portunus
Portunus rugosus	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Xiphonectes
Portunus samoensis	(Ward, 1939)	1939	Monomia
Portunus sanguinolentus	(Herbst, 1783)	1783	Portunus
Portunus sayi	(Gibbes, 1850)	1850	Portunus
Portunus sebae	(H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)	1834	Achelous
Portunus segnis	(Forskål, 1775)	1775	Portunus
Portunus serratifrons	(Montrouzier, 1865)	1865	Portunus
Portunus sinusodactylus	Stephenson, 1967	1967	Lupocycloporus
Portunus spinicarpus	(Stimpson, 1871)	1871	Achelous
Portunus spiniferus	Stephenson & Rees, 1967	1967	Xiphonectes
Portunus spinimanus	Latreille, 1819	1819	Achelous
Portunus spinipes	(Miers, 1886)	1886	Xiphonectes
Portunus stanfordi	Rathbun, 1902	1902	Achelous
Portunus stephensoni	Moosa, 1981	1981	Xiphonectes
Portunus suborbicularis	Stephenson, 1975	1975	Achelous
Portunus tenuicaudatus	Stephenson, 1961	1961	Xiphonectes
Portunus tenuipes	(De Haan, 1835)	1835	Xiphonectes
Portunus tridentatus	Yang, Dai & Song, 1979	1979	Xiphonectes
Portunus trilobatus	Stephenson, 1972	1972	Xiphonectes
Portunus trituberculatus	(Miers, 1876)	1876	Portunus
Portunus tuberculatus	(Stimpson, 1860)	1860	Achelous
Portunus tuberculosus	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)	1861	Xiphonectes
Portunus tweediei	(Shen, 1937)	1937	Xiphonectes
Portunus ventralis	(A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)	1879	Portunus
Portunus wilsoni	Moosa, 1981	1981	Lupocycloporus
Portunus xantusii	(Stimpson, 1860)	1860	Portunus
Portunus yoronensis	Sakai, 1974	1974	Achelous

References

1. "Portunus Weber, 1795". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
2. "Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876)". Species Fact Sheets. FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
3. "Sydney Fish Market: Crabs". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
4. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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6. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.