Belongs within: Heterotremata.
Contains: Callinectes, Liocarcinus, Thalamita, Charybdis.
The Portunidae, swimming crabs, are a family of marine crabs in which the ends of the last pair of legs have generally been modified into broad paddles used for swimming. They are active predators, and may be relatively aggressive. Some species of this family have become the focus of commercial fisheries.
Members of the subfamily Portuninae have a carapace markedly wider than long (length being about 55–70% width) and usually bear a well-developed epistomial spine that is visible dorsally. The Podophthalminae are distinguished by extremely long orbits and eyestalks.
Characters (Poore & Ahyong 2004): Carapace typically subhexagonal or transversely oval, flat, regions not well defined, usually wider than long and widest between last pair of anterolateral teeth; 1-9 pairs of anterolateral teeth; front horizontal, wide, lobulate or dentate. Eyes typically short, well protected by sunken rounded orbits; rarely greatly lengthened and largely unprotected. Lobe on endite of maxilliped 1 (‘portunid lobe’) usually present. Chelipeds typically robust; fingers usually sharply pointed, occasionally spoon-shaped. Last pair of legs generally modified for swimming, with propodus and dactylus paddle-like; dactylus rarely styliform. Abdominal somites 3-5 typically fused in males; male genital openings coxal; female openings sternal.
<==Portunidae
|--CatoptrusHS15 [CatoptrinaeB68]
| `--C. nitidus Milne Edwards 1870HS15
|--ThalamitinaeTSH09
| |--ThalamitaB64
| `--CharybdisTSH09
|--Proterocarcinus Feldmann, Casadío et al. 1995 [Polybiinae]CA04
| |--*P. lophos Feldmann, Casadío et al. 1995CA04
| |--P. corsolini Casadío, de Angeli et al. 2004CA04
| `--P. latus (Glaessner 1933) [=Archaeogeryon latus]CA04
|--Carcinus Leach 1814NK11 [Carcinidae, CarcininaeB68]
| |--C. aestuarii Nardo 1847KK03
| |--C. maenas (Linnaeus 1758)DAS03 [incl. Zoea carciniH04]
| `--C. mediterraneusV77
|--PodophthalminaeB68
| |--EuphylaxB68
| `--PodophthalmusB68
| |--P. spinosus [=Portunus (Podophtalmus) spinosus]G20
| `--P. vigil (Fabricius 1798)HS15
|--CaphyrinaeTSH09
| |--LissocarcinusTSH09
| | |--L. orbicularis Dana 1852TSH09
| | `--L. polybioides Adams & White 1849HS15
| `--CaphyraTSH09
| |--C. laevis (Milne Edwards 1869)TSH09
| `--C. rotundifronsDH90
|--Macropipus Prestandrea 1833B64 [MacropipinaeB68]
| |--M. arcuatusPP64
| |--M. barbarusPP64
| |--M. depurator [=Portunis depurator]PB02
| |--M. puberV77
| |--M. pusillusPP64
| `--M. tuberculatus (Roux 1830)KK03
`--PortunusLH03 [PortuninaeTSH09]
| i. s.: P. argentus (Milne Edwards 1861)J90
| P. armatus (Linnaeus 1758)HS15
| P. australiensis Stephenson & Cook 1973HS15
| P. barbarus Lucas 1846E12
| P. biguttatusR26
| P. curvipennis Stephenson 1961HS15
| P. gracilimanus (Stimpson 1858)HS15
| P. guttatusR26
| P. haanii (Stimpson 1858)MG-H11
| P. hastatoides (Fabricius 1798)MG-H11
| P. hastatus (Linnaeus 1767)KK03
| P. leachiR26
| P. longipesR26
| P. longispinosus (Dana 1852)MG-H11
| P. maculatus Risso 1826R26
| P. nipponensis (Sakai 1938)MG-H11
| P. orbitosinus Rathbun 1911J90
| P. plicatusR26
| P. pseudoargentatus Stephenson 1961J90
| P. pulchricristatus (Gordon 1931)MG-H11
| P. pusillusM62
| P. rondeletiR26
| P. rubromarginatus (Lanchester 1900)J90
| P. rugosus (Milne Edwards 1861)J90
| P. sayiB64
| P. spinimanus Latreille 1819BF07
| P. tenuipes (De Haan 1835)HS15
| P. trituberculatusH06
| P. vernalisR26
|--P. (Portunus)B68
| |--P. (P.) pelagicus (Linnaeus 1766)B68, WMJ09 [=Neptunus pelagicusJ90]
| |--P. (P.) puberG20
| `--P. (P.) sanguinolentus (Herbst 1783)B68, LH03
`--P. (Achelous)TSH09
|--P. (A.) brevimanusB68
|--P. (A.) granulatus (Milne Edwards 1834)TSH09
`--P. (A.) xantusiiB68
Portunidae incertae sedis:
Chaceon Manning & Holthuis 1989 [incl. Lebucarcinus Bahamonde & Frassinetti 1980]CA04
|--C. albusMG-H11
|--C. bicolorMG-H11
|--C. peruvianus (d’Orbigny 1842)CA04
`--‘Cancer’ tyro Philippi 1887 [=*Lebucarcinus tyro]CA04
CallinectesB55
Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck 1818)BF07
Echinolatus poorei Davie & Crosnier 2006MG-H11
Libystes paucidentatus Stephenson & Campbell 1960MG-H11
LiocarcinusB64
LupocyclusMG-H11
|--L. philippinensis Semper 1880MG-H11
`--L. quinquedentatus Rathbun 1906MG-H11
Nectocarcinus Milne Edwards 1860B64
|--N. antarcticus (Jacquinot in Jacq. & Lucas 1853) [=Portunus antarcticus]B64
|--N. bullatusB64
|--N. integrifronsB64
|--N. spinifrons Stephenson 1961MG-H11
`--N. tuberculosusB64
Ovalipes Rathbun 1898 [incl. Anisopus de Haan 1833 non Meigen 1803, Platyonichus Latr. 185 non Latr. 1818]B64
|--O. australiensis Stephenson & Rees 1968J90
|--O. catharusH01
|--O. elongatus Stephenson & Rees 1968MG-H11
|--O. floridanusV77
|--O. iridescens (Miers 1886)MG-H11
|--O. ocellatusB64
`--O. punctatus (de Haan 1833) (see below for synonymy)B64
Parathranites orientalis (Miers 1886)MG-H11
ScyllaV77
|--S. olivacea (Herbst 1796)HS15
`--S. serrata (Forskål 1775)HS15
Rhachiosoma Woodward 1871BWW93
`--R. bispinosum Woodward 1871BWW93
Monomia rubromarginatas (Lanchester 1900)HS15
Ovalipes punctatus (de Haan 1833) [=Corystes (Anisopus) punctata; incl. Platyonichus bipustulatus Milne Edwards 1861, Ovalipes bipustulatus]B64
*Type species of generic name indicated
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