Portunidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. The family contains 38 accepted species worldwide.
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Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863
Callinectes arcuatus is a swimming crab species found along the Pacific coast of…
Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)
Portunus sanguinolentus is a large, widely distributed edible swimming crab with…
Charybdis feriata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Charybdis feriata is a swimming crab with a characteristic cross-shaped carapace…
Portunus armatus (A.Milne-Edwards, 1861)
Portunus armatus is a commercially important swimming crab species found in Aust…
Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775)
Portunus segnis is a crab species native to the western Indian Ocean that has sp…
Goniosupradens hawaiensis (Edmondson, 1954)
Goniosupradens hawaiensis is a species of swimming crab in Portunidae found in t…
Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818)
Arenaeus cribrarius, the speckled swimming crab, is a solitary nocturnal portuni…
Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950
Scylla paramamosain is a commonly consumed Southeast Asian mud crab found from t…
Callinectes bellicosus (Stimpson, 1859)
Callinectes bellicosus is a swimming crab species native to Mexican warm shoreli…
Charybdis hellerii (A.Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Charybdis hellerii is a swimming crab species found across multiple marine habit…
Charybdis lucifer (Fabricius, 1798)
Charybdis lucifer, the yellowish-brown crab, is a swimming crab native to the In…
Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863
Callinectes ornatus is a small, non-commercially exploited swimming crab species…
Portunidae animals belong to the Decapoda order in the Animalia kingdom. It has a very broad, greyish green carapace marked by three distinct red spots on its posterior half. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Portunidae is classified in the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca, phylum Arthropoda. The carapace has a bold cream and brown pattern, and often features a distinctive white cross on a dark background at its center.
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