Portunus

Portunus is a genus of crabs which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab and the Gazami crab. Other species, such as the three-spotted crab are caught as bycatch.

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).

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Portunus:

†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

References

Portunoidea

Paleogene genus first appearances

Extant Paleogene first appearances

Decapod genera