Portunus Explained
Portunus is a genus of crabs which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab and the Gazami crab.[1] Other species, such as the three-spotted crab are caught as bycatch.[2]
The genus Portunus contains 13 extant species and another 26 species known only from fossils. Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia from Paleogene to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago).[3]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Portunus:[4]
- †Portunus alphonsei
- Portunus armatus
- †Portunus atecuicitli
- †Portunus atropatanus
- Portunus convexus
- †Portunus gabbi
- †Portunus haitensis
- Portunus hawaiiensis
- †Portunus kochii
- †Portunus krambergeri
- †Portunus levigatus
- Portunus madagascariensis
- †Portunus miocaenicus
- Portunus mokyevskii
- †Portunus muelleri
- †Portunus neogenicus
- †Portunus oblongus
- †Portunus obvallatus
- †Portunus pankowskiorum
- Portunus pelagicus
- Portunus pirabaensis
- †Portunus pubescens
- Portunus radobojanus
- †Portunus reticulatus
- †Portunus ristorii
- Portunus rufiarcus
- Portunus sanguinolentus
- †Portunus sanshianus
- Portunus sayi
- Portunus segnis
- †Portunus stenaspis
- †Portunus suessii
- †Portunus tenuis
- †Portunus tongfai
- Portunus trituberculatus
- †Portunus viai
- †Portunus withersi
- †Portunus woodwardi
- †Portunus yaucoensis
Notes and References
- Web site: Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876) . Species Fact Sheets . FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture . January 18, 2010.
- Web site: Sydney Fish Market: Crabs . 2013-10-09 . dead . https://archive.today/20131009065129/http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/?TabId=167 . 2013-10-09 .
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=22654 Fossilworks
- Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Portunus Weber, 1795 . 2023-06-15 . www.marinespecies.org.