Portunus levigatus Rathbun 1945 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1945. Decapod Crustacea. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin 181 373-383

Belongs to Portunus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Portunus (Lupocycloporus), Portunus (Monomia), Portunus (Portunus), Portunus alphonsei, Portunus arcuatus, Portunus atecuicitlis, Portunus brouweri, Portunus catalaunicus, Portunus delgadoi, Portunus edwardsi, Portunus gabbi, Portunus gallicus, Portunus haitensis, Portunus hastatus, Portunus incertus, Portunus jurensis, Portunus kisslingi, Portunus kochi, Portunus krambergeri, Portunus larteti, Portunus miocaenicus, Portunus miyaku, Portunus monspeliensis, Portunus neogenicus, Portunus oblongus, Portunus obtusus, Portunus obvallatus, Portunus oligocenicus, Portunus pelagicus, Portunus pirabaensis, Portunus pusillinus, Portunus radobojanus, Portunus regulensis, Portunus ristorii, Portunus rudianus, Portunus sanshianus, Portunus sijuensis, Portunus spinimanus, Portunus stenaspis, Portunus straeleni, Portunus suessi, Portunus tenuis, Portunus thalae, Portunus tongfai, Portunus vectensis, Portunus viai, Portunus vicentinus, Portunus withersi, Portunus woodwardi, Portunus wynneanus, Portunus xantusii, Portunus yaucoensis, Lupa sayi, Lupa dicantha, Lupa gibbesii, Lupa spinimana

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Fiji (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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