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Portunus obtusus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Portunus obtusus was named by Milne-Edwards (1860).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Portunus obtusus Milne-Edwards
2010Portunus obtusus Schweitzer et al. p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPortuninaeRafinesque 1815
genusPortunusWeber 1795
speciesobtususMilne-Edwards 1860

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.

†Portunus obtusus Milne-Edwards 1860
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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
Collections
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