Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Synonyms: Archaeoportunidae Artal et al. 2013, Gatuniidae Rathbun 1918
Parent taxon: Portunoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Ahyong et al. 2007, Artal et al. 2013, Collins et al. 2003, Dana 1851, Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann and Duncan 1992, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Karasawa 1992, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1926, Satsangi and Parida 1980, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2000, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Vega et al. 1999 and Wolfe et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Carcineretidae, Carcinidae, Eogeryonidae, Geryonidae, Lithophylacidae, Longusorbiidae, Pleolobites, Psammocarcinidae, Rhachiosoma
Subtaxa: Archaeoportunus Arenaeinae Carcinides Carupinae Enoplonotus Lupinae Lupocyclinae Necronectinae Neptunus Podophthalminae Portuninae Psammocarcininae Thalamitinae
Type: Portunus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore