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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, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                      SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                         SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                            OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                               SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                  InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 – short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
                                     SuperfamilyPortunoidea Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        FamilyPortunidae Rafinesque, 1815 – swimming crabs  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusArenaeus Dana, 1851  
                                           GenusBathynectes Stimpson, 1871  
                                           GenusBenthochascon Alcock and Anderson, 1899  
                                           GenusCallinectes Stimpson, 1860  
                                           GenusCarcinus Leach, 1814  
                                           GenusCarupa Dana, 1851  
                                           GenusCatoptrus A. Milne-Edwards, 1870  
                                           GenusCharybdis De Haan, 1833  
                                           GenusCoelocarcinus Edmondson, 1930  
                                           GenusCronius Stimpson, 1860  
                                           GenusEuphylax Stimpson, 1860  
                                           GenusGoniosupradens Leene, 1938  
                                           GenusLaleonectes Manning and Chace, 1990  
                                           GenusLibystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867  
                                           GenusLiocarcinus Stimpson, 1871  
                                           GenusLissocarcinus Adams and White, 1848  
                                           GenusLupocyclus Adams and White, 1848  
                                           GenusMacropipus Prestandrea, 1833  
                                           GenusOvalipes Rathbun, 1898  
                                           GenusParathranites Miers, 1886  
                                           GenusPodophthalmus Lamarck, 1801  
                                           GenusPolybius Leach, 1820  
                                           GenusPortunus Weber, 1795  
                                           GenusRaymanninus Ng, 2000  
                                           GenusScylla De Haan, 1833  
                                           GenusThalamita Latreille, 1829  
                                           GenusThalamitoides 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   
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  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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