Portunus Weber 1795 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Synonym: Lupa Leach 1814 [objective synonym]

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

See also Beschin et al. 2013, Beschin and de Angeli 2012, Collins et al. 2003, Dana 1851, Glaessner 1969, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Morris and Collins 1991, Müller 1984, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2004, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Stenzel 1935, Stimpson 1862 and Vega et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Acanthoportunus, Achelous, Arenaeus, Callinectes, Colneptunus, Pseudoachelous, Rathbunites

Subtaxa: Lupa dicantha Lupa gibbesii Lupa sayi Lupa spinimana Portunus (Lupocycloporus) Portunus (Monomia) Portunus (Portunus) Portunus alphonsei Portunus arcuatus Portunus arcuatusdup Portunus atecuicitlis Portunus brouweri Portunus catalanicus Portunus catalaunicus Portunus delgadoi Portunus edwardsi Portunus gabbi Portunus gallicus Portunus haitensis Portunus hastatus Portunus incertus Portunus incertusdup Portunus jurensis Portunus kisslingi Portunus kochi Portunus krambergeri Portunus larteti Portunus levigatus 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 suessidup Portunus tenuis Portunus thalae Portunus tongfai Portunus vectensis Portunus viai Portunus vicentinus Portunus vicentinusdup Portunus withersi Portunus woodwardi Portunus wynneanus Portunus xantusii Portunus yaucoensis

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), Panama (1), Spain (3), United States (6: California, Florida, Flrida, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Fiji (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of Austria (2), Brazil (4), Brunei Darussalam (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), the Dominican Republic (6), Haiti (3), Hungary (3), Italy (2), Malaysia (16), Mexico (3), Panama (2), Poland (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (4)

• Neogene of Mexico (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Cuba (1)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1), Italy (1), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (1), United States (1: Puerto Rico)

• Eocene of France (1), India (1), Italy (3), Pakistan (7), United States (1: Florida)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 98 collections including 115 occurrences

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