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Portunidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98689

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): swimming crabs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 -- crustaceans, crustáceo, crustacés  
          ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
             SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 -- camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                   OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 -- crabes, crabs, crayfishes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards, lobsters, prawns, shrimp  
                      SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                         InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 -- short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
                            SuperfamilyPortunoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                               FamilyPortunidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- swimming crabs  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Genus Arenaeus Dana, 1851  
                                  Genus Bathynectes Stimpson, 1871  
                                  Genus Benthochascon Alcock and Anderson, 1899  
                                  Genus Callinectes Stimpson, 1860  
                                  Genus Carcinus Leach, 1814  
                                  Genus Carupa Dana, 1851  
                                  Genus Catoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870  
                                  Genus Charybdis De Haan, 1833  
                                  Genus Coelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930  
                                  Genus Cronius Stimpson, 1860  
                                  Genus Euphylax Stimpson, 1860  
                                  Genus Goniosupradens Leene, 1938  
                                  Genus Laleonectes Manning and Chace, 1990  
                                  Genus Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867  
                                  Genus Liocarcinus Stimpson, 1871  
                                  Genus Lissocarcinus Adams and White, 1848  
                                  Genus Lupocyclus Adams and White, 1848  
                                  Genus Macropipus Prestandrea, 1833  
                                  Genus Ovalipes Rathbun, 1898  
                                  Genus Parathranites Miers, 1886  
                                  Genus Podophthalmus Lamarck, 1801  
                                  Genus Polybius Leach, 1820  
                                  Genus Portunus Weber, 1795  
                                  Genus Raymanninus Ng, 2000  
                                  Genus Scylla De Haan, 1833  
                                  Genus Thalamita Latreille, 1829  
                                  Genus Thalamitoides A. Milne-Edwards, 1869  
       

 References
       
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  Source: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31, pre-press (version 18-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Reference for: Portunidae, swimming crabs [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Portunidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bowman, Thomas E., and Lawrence G. Abele / Lawrence G. Abele, ed. / Dorothy E. Bliss, ed.-in-chief  
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 1: Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Biology of Crustacea, vol. 1: Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography   
  Page(s): 1-27   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-106401-8   
  Notes: Bliss is Editor-in-Chief of "The Biology of Crustacea" series; Abele is editor of volume 1 of that series (Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography); Bowman & Abele authored Chapter 1 therein   
  Reference for: Portunidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39   
  Page(s): 124   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-27-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Portunidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17   
  Page(s): 77   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-49-0, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Portunidae   
       

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