Portumnus Leach 1814 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Parent taxon: Carcininae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Dana 1851, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carcinus, Cicarnus, Miopipus, Xaiva

Subtaxa: Portumnus tricarinatus

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Portumnus in the database

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