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Portumnus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Taxonomy
Portumnus was named by Leach (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Platyonychidae by Dana (1851); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portunidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Carcininae by Karasawa et al. (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Portumnus Leach
1851Portumnus Dana p. 130
2002Portumnus Sepkoski
2006Portumnus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2008Portumnus Karasawa et al. p. 99
2010Portumnus Schweitzer et al. p. 105
2021Portumnus Schweitzer et al. p. 4

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyCarcininaeMacLeay 1838
genusPortumnusLeach 1814

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.

G. Portumnus Leach 1814
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Portumnus tricarinatus Lorenthey 1929
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available