Portunus pusillinus Secrétan 1971 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: S. Secrétan. 1971. Taxonomic names, in La faune de crustacés décapodes des Calcaires à Alvéolines yprésiens des Corbières septentrionales (Aude). Geobios 4:117-142

Belongs to Portunus according to S. Secrétan 1971

See also Karasawa et al. 2008 and 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 levigatus, Portunus miocaenicus, Portunus miyaku, Portunus monspeliensis, Portunus neogenicus, Portunus oblongus, Portunus obtusus, Portunus obvallatus, Portunus oligocenicus, Portunus pelagicus, Portunus pirabaensis, 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 spinimana, Lupa sayi, Lupa gibbesii, Lupa dicantha

Type specimen: Its type locality is L'Estagnol, Fontcouverte, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in France

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at L'Estagnol, Fontcouverte

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