Portumnus Leach 1814 (crab)
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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
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Portumnus in the database
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