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Portuninae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Portuninae Rafinesque
1851Portuninae Dana p. 130
1988Portuninae Feldmann and Wilson p. 482
1991Portuninae Morris and Collins p. 6
1993Portuninae Karasawa p. 54
2004Portuninae Schweitzer et al. p. 100
2006Portuninae Schweitzer et al. p. 118
2008Portuninae Karasawa et al. p. 108
2010Portuninae Schweitzer et al. p. 111
2017Portuninae Luque et al. p. 12
2021Portuninae Schweitzer et al. p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPortuninaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPortuninaeRafinesque 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Portuninae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Acanthoportunus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
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Acanthoportunus buchanani Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
G. Achelous De Haan 1833
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Achelous gibbesii Stimpson 1862
†Achelous obtusus Milne Edwards 1860
Achelous sebae Milne-Edwards 1834
Achelous spinimanus Latreille 1819
†Achelous vindobonensis Bachmeyer 1950
G. Arenaeus Dana 1851
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Arenaeus cribrarius Lamarck 1818 [speckled swimming crab]
G. Callinectes Stimpson 1860
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†Callinectes alabamensis Rathbun 1935
Callinectes bellicosus Stimpson 1862 [warrior swimming crab]
†Callinectes declivis Rathbun 1918
†Callinectes jamaicensis Withers 1924
†Callinectes paraensis Beurlen 1958
†Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun 1918
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896
Callinectes toxodes Ordway 1863
G. †Colneptunus Lorenthey 1929
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†Colneptunus dalloni Van Straelen 1930
†Colneptunus hungaricus Lörenthey 1898
Invalid names: Allogoneplax Van Straelen 1930 [synonym], Gonioneptunites Via 1959 [objective synonym]
G. †Persianus Garassino et al. 2024
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†Persianus arcuatus Garassino et al. 2024
G. Portunus Weber 1795
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Subg. †Portunus (Lupocycloporus) Alcock 1899
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Invalid names: Amphitrite De Haan 1833 [synonym]
Subg. †Portunus (Monomia) Gistel 1848
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Subg. †Portunus (Portunus) Weber 1795
Portunus alphonsei Karasawa et al. 2008
†Portunus arcuatus Milne Edwards 1860
†Portunus atecuicitlis Vega 1999
†Portunus brouweri Van Straelen 1924
†Portunus delgadoi Fontannes 1884
†Portunus edwardsi Sismonda 1861
†Portunus gabbi Rathbun 1919
†Portunus gallicus Milne-Edwards 1873
†Portunus haitensis Rathbun 1923
Portunus hastatus Linnaeus 1767
†Portunus incertus Milne Edwards 1860
†Portunus jurensis Étallon 1859
†Portunus kisslingi Studer 1892
†Portunus kochi Bittner 1893
†Portunus krambergeri Bittner 1893
†Portunus larteti Milne Edwards 1860
†Portunus levigatus Rathbun 1945
†Portunus miocaenicus Muller 1984
†Portunus miyaku Karasawa and Nobuhara 2008
†Portunus monspeliensis Milne Edwards 1860
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Invalid names: Neptunus granulatus Milne-Edwards 1861 [synonym]
†Portunus neogenicus Müller 1978
†Portunus oblongus Rathbun 1920
†Portunus obtusus Milne-Edwards 1860
†Portunus obvallatus Morris and Collins 1991
†Portunus oligocenicus Paucǎ 1929
Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus 1758
†Portunus pirabaensis Martins-Neto 2001
†Portunus pusillinus Secrétan 1971
†Portunus radobojanus Bittner 1884
†Portunus regulensis Van Straelen 1939
†Portunus ristorii Karasawa et al. 2008
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Invalid names: Neptunus convexus Ristori 1886 [replaced]
†Portunus rudianus Costa 1850
†Portunus sijuensis Satsangi and Parida 1980
Portunus spinimanus Latreille 1819
†Portunus stenaspis Bittner 1884
†Portunus straeleni Via 1948
†Portunus suessi Bittner 1875
†Portunus tenuis Rathbun 1919
†Portunus thalae Macarovici 1970
†Portunus tongfai Hu 1981
†Portunus vectensis Carter 1898
†Portunus viai Secretan 1971
†Portunus vicentinus Milne Edwards 1860
†Portunus withersi Glaessner 1933
†Portunus woodwardi Morris and Collins 1991
†Portunus wynneanus Stoliczka 1871
†Portunus xantusii Stimpson 1860
†Portunus yaucoensis Schweitzer et al. 2006
Invalid names: Lupa Leach 1814 [objective synonym]
G. †Pseudoachelous Portell and Collins 2004
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†Pseudoachelous schindleri Portell and Collins 2004
G. Rathbunites Schweitzer et al. 2011
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†Rathbunites pentaspinosa Collins 2009
Invalid names: Rathbunella Collins 2009 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oxfordian to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma

Collections (158 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Portunus jurensis (226086)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Portunus pusillinus (226630)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Italy Portunus brouweri (146253)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Punjab) Portunus sp. (28974)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain Colneptunus hungaricus (165187)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Balochistan) Portunus sp. (202290 202291 202292)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Hungary Neptunus hungaricus (207772)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Italy Portunus sp. (207551)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Florida) Portunus sp. (120294)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Acanthoportunus buchanani (200665)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan (Punjab) Portunus sp. (11596 13064)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) Portunus sp. (202314)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) Neptunus sijuensis (41803)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Portunus kochi (226756)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Panama Callinectes declivis (136136)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica Callinectes sp. (57759)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Callinectes alabamensis (143392)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico (Yauco) Portunus yaucoensis (228679)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Portunus oligocenicus (50344)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) Portunus ristorii (207617)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Puerto Rico) Portunus yaucoensis (65367)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary Portunus pygmaeus, Neptunus granulatus (8338)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Cuba (Matanzas) Portunus oblongus (228535)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Mexico (Chiapas) Portunus atecuicitlis (133885)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Callinectes reticulatus (42624) Callinectes sp. (42631)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) Callinectes sapidus (143410 143411) Portunus sayi (143895) Portunus sp. (144075)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Haiti Portunus haitensis (135733 135734 135753)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Lara) Portunus oblongus (46384)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil Callinectes paraensis, Callinectes reticulatus, Portunus haitensis (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica Pseudoachelous schindleri (228737)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Callinectes ferreirai (112583) Callinectes ferreirai, Callinectes pirabensis, Callinectes reticulares, Portunus atecuicitilis, Portunus pirabensis, Portunus sp., Arenaeus cribarius, Callinectes paraensis, Portunus spinimanus, Portunus haitensis (65162) Callinectes pirabensis, Callinectes sp., Portunus atecuicitilis, Portunus spimanus, Callinectes declivis, Callinectes reticulatus, Portunus haitensis (112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) Callinectes sp., Arenaeus sp. (228529) Portunus sp. (31189)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Callinectes sapidus (144076)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Dominican Republic Portunus gabbi (135462)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) Portunus atecuicitlis (133569)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Czechia (Moravia) Portunus oligocenicus (222391)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Callinectes sp. (42611)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Malaysia (Sarawak) Portunus woodwardi (175184)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland Portunus sp. (221298 221299)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Portunus oblongus (43063) Portunus sp., Portunus oblongus (228724)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) Portunus sp. (187431)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy (Pordenone) Portunus monspeliensis (221704)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Portunus sp. (65593 65595)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Portunus monspeliensis (55394 146230)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Brazil (Para) Callinectes pirabensis, Arenaeus cribarians, Callinectes reticulatus, Portunus haitensis (58454)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Veracruz) Portunus atecuicitlis (37335 228597)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Barcelona) Neptunus granulatus (233211)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Callinectes sp. (74921)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Gifu) Portuninae indet. (55920)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Portunus monspelliensis (139755)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Hungary Portunus monspeliensis (133113 207753 207754)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Portunus oblongus (171483 185887 185888)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malaysia (Sarawak) Portunus obvallatus (175181)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Portunus gabbi (228715)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Callinectes sapidus (219172)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Callinectes sp., Portunus sp., Callinectes declivis, Portunus gabbi, Portunus tenuis (58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Madagascar Achelous sp. (51586)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Iran Persianus arcuatus (234649)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Malaysia (Sabah) Portunus obvallatus, Portunus woodwardi (185833 185835 185836 185846 185847 185848 185850) Portunus woodwardi (185834 185837 185851 185852 185854 185855 185856)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Callinectes declivis (228607 228609 228631 228633 228634) Portunus gabbi (228636) Portunus tenuis (228630)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Austria (Niederösterreich) Achelous vindobonensis (235507)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam Portunus woodwardi (173589)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Portunus gabbi (228709)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Callinectes declivis (228622 228623) Portunus oblongus (228626) Rathbunites pentaspinosa (228627)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Callinectes sapidus (144070)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Portunus oblongus (134951)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Curaçao Achelous sebae (228642)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Portunus levigatus (68181 136142)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Venezuela (Falcon) Portunus sp. (228727)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Portunus edwardsi (139185 226981)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Portunus sp., Callinectes sapidus (228744)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Callinectes declivis (228540) Portunus gabbi (228543)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Callinectes declivis (226679)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Callinectes sapidus (159995 159996 159997)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Callinectes sapidus (159989 159990 159991 159992 159994)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Callinectes sapidus (159998)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Panama (Chiriqui) Portunus tenuis (228717)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Callinectes sapidus (150656)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Callinectes bellicosus (138720)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Portunus xantusii (138721)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Portunus gibbesii (185882)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Callinectes ornatus, Callinectes sapidus (48886) Callinectes sapidus (66720 66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Callinectes arcuatus, Portunus xantusi (219029) Callinectes bellicosus (219030) Callinectes bellicosus, Portunus xantusii (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Callinectes sapidus (66750)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Callinectes sapidus (61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Achelous sebae (185031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama Arenaeus sp. (134957)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Callinectes sp. (224549)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (North Carolina) Achelous gibbesii (147224)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Guaymas) Lupa bellicosa (146574)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Massachusets) Callinectes diacanthus (146594)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) Lupa gibbesii, Amphitrite depressifrons (146572)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Flrida) Amphitrite depressifrons (146568)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Portunus puber (215736 215740)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Achelous dupressifrons, Achelous ordwayi (147239) Achelous ordwayi (146579) Lupa spinimana (146575)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virgin Islands) Achelous ordwayi (146588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Callinectes diacanthus, Achelous tuberculatus, Achelous xantusii (147227)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Cantabria) Portunus puber (101904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Callinectes diacanthus (147269)