List of Nominal Species of Portunidae
(swimming crabs)
Nominal Species (n = 188) Present allocation (n = 176) Ref.
Caphyra acheronae Takeda & Webber, 2006 Caphyra acheronae 84890
Achelous acuminatus Stimpson, 1871 Portunus acuminatus 3477
Cancer admete Herbst, 1803 Thalamita admete 87925
Charybdis affinis Dana, 1852 Charybdis affinis 343
Charybdis amboinensis Leene, 1938 Charybdis amboinensis 100230
Thalamita annulipes Stephenson & Hudson, 1957 Thalamita annulipes 3477
Thalamita anomala Stephenson & Hudson, 1957 Thalamita anomala 19
Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 Callinectes arcuatus 19
Ovalipes australiensis Stephenson & Rees, 1968 Ovalipes australiensis 3477
Portunus australiensis Stephenson & Cook, 1973 Monomia australiensis 3477
Charybdis beauforti Leene & Buitendijk, 1949 Charybdis beauforti 100230
Nectocarcinus bennetti Takeda & Miyake, 1969 Nectocarcinus bennetti 3477
Portunus binoculus Holthuis, 1969 Achelous binoculus 19
Platyonichus bipustulatus Milne-Edwards, 1834 Ovalipes punctatus 3477
Callinectes bocourti Milne-Edwards, 1879 Callinectes bocourti 19
Thalamita bouvieri Nobili, 1906 Thalamita bouvieri 3477
Charybdis brevispinosa Leene, 1937 Charybdis brevispinosa 3477
Portunus catharus White, in White & Doubleday, 1843 Ovalipes catharus 3477
Thalamita cerasma Wee & Ng, 1995 Thalamita cerasma 3477
Thalamita coeruleipes Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853 Thalamita coeruleipes 19
Portunus convexus De Haan, 1835 Portunus convexus 100230
Thalamita cooperi Borradaile, 1902 Thalamita cooperi 3477
Thalamita corrugata Stephenson & Rees, 1961 Thalamita corrugata 75927
Thalamita crassimana Dana, 1852 Thalamita prymna 3477
Portunus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818 Arenaeus cribrarius 3477
Portunus curvipenis Stephenson, 1961 Monomia curvipenis 3477
Thalamita dakini Montgomerey, 1931 Thalamita dakini 19
Callinectes danae Smith, 1869 Callinectes danae 19
Thalamita danae Stimpson, 1858 Thalamita danae 3477
Portunus dayawanensis Chen, 1986 Xiphonectes unidens 3477
Thalamita demani Nobili, 1905 Thalamita demani 76499
Thalamita difficilis Crosnier, 2002 Thalamita difficilis 3477
Euphylax dovii Stimpson, 1860 Euphylax dovii 19
Charybdis edwardsi Leene & Buitendijk, 1949 Charybdis smithii 3477
Libystes edwardsi Alcock, 1900 Libystes edwardsi 19
Lissocarcinus elegans Boone, 1934 Lissocarcinus elegans 3477
Ovalipes elongatus Stephenson & Rees, 1968 Ovalipes elongatus 84890
Cancer feriata Linnaeus, 1758 Charybdis feriata 3477
Ovalipes floridanus Hay & Shore, 1918 Ovalipes floridanus 19
Portunus floridanus Rathbun, 1930 Achelous floridanus 19
Coelocarcinus foliatus Edmondson, 1930 Coelocarcinus foliatus 19
Thalamita foresti Crosnier, 1962 Thalamita foresti 100230
Thalamita gatavakensis Nobili, 1906 Thalamita gatavakensis 3477
Portunus gladiator Fabricius, 1798 Portunus gladiator 3477
Thalamita gloriensis Crosnier, 1962 Thalamita gloriensis 19
Amphitrite gracilimanus Stimpson, 1858 Portunus gracilimanus 3477
Ovalipes guadulpensis Rathbun, 1930 Ovalipes stephensoni 75097
Ovalipes guadulpensis Rathbun, 1930 Ovalipes floridanus 75097
Portunus guinotae Stephenson & Rees, 1961 Portunus guinotae 3477
Portunus hastatoides Fabricius, 1798 Xiphonectes hastatoides 3477
Charybdis hawaiensis Edmondson, 1954 Charybdis hawaiensis 19
Polybius henslowii Leach, 1820 Polybius henslowii 1398
Parathranites hexagonum Rathbun, 1906 Parathranites hexagonum 19
Charybdis hongkongensis She, 1934 Charybdis hongkongensis 3208
Goniosoma inaequalis Walker, 1887 Lupocyclus inaequalis 3477
Portunus innominatus Rathbun, 1909 Portunus innominatus 100230
Thalamita integra Dana, 1852 Thalamita integra 19
Thalamita intermedia Miers, 1886 Thalamita intermedia 3477
Parathranites intermedius Crosnier, 2002 Parathranites intermedius 100230
Thalamita investigatoris Alcock, 1899 Thalamita investigatoris 81840
Thalamita iranica Stephensen, 1946 Thalamita iranica 3477
Portunus iranjae Crosnier, 1962 Portunus iranjae 3477
Charybdis jaubertensis Rathbun, 1924 Charybdis jaubertensis 3477
Thalamita kukenthali De Man, 1902 Thalamita kukenthali 19
Lissocarcinus laevis Miers, 1886 Lissocarcinus laevis 19
Carupa laeviscula Heller, 1862 Carupa laeviscula 3477
Callinectes larvatus Ordway, 1863 Callinectes larvatus 19
Parathranites latibrachium Rathbun, 1906 Parathranites latibrachium 19
Callinectes latimanus Rathbun, 1897 Callinectes amnicola 3477
Catoptrus lavicolus Naruse & Uyeno, 2021 Catoptrus lavicolus 3477
Portunus lecromi Moosa, 1996 Portunus lecromi 100230
Libystes lepidus Takeda & Miyake, 1970 Libystes lepidus 100230
Cycloachelous levigatus Koch, 2021 Cycloachelous levigatus 3477
Charybdis longicollis Leene, 1938 Charybdis longicollis 19
Bathynectes longispina Stimpson, 1871 Bathynectes longispina 19
Neptunus longispinosus Dana, Neptunus longispinosus 3477
Neptunus longispinosus var. bidens Laurie, 1906 Xiphonectes bidens 3477
Monomia lucida Koch & Ďuriš, 2018 Monomia lucida 3477
Portunus macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906 Portunus macrophthalmus 19
Thalamita macropus Montgomery, 1931 Thalamita macropus 3477
Thalamita macrospinifera Rathbun, 1911 Thalamita macrospinifera 3477
Thalamita malaccensis Gordon, 1938 Thalamita malaccensis 3477
Callinectes maracaiboensis Taissoun, 1969 Callinectes maracaiboensis 367
Thalamita margaritimana Rathbun, 1911 Thalamita margaritimana 100230
Portunus mariei Guinot, 1957 Portunus mariei 100230
Charubdis merguiensis De Man, 1887 Charybdis hellerii 81840
Portunus miles de Haan, 1835 Charybdis miles 3477
Thalamita minuscula Nobili, 1906 Thalamita minuscula 3477
Thalamita mitsiensis Crosnier, 1962 Thalamita mitsiensis 3477
Richerellus moosai Crosnier, 2003 Richerellus moosai 100230
Thalamita multispinosa Stephenson & Rees, 1967 Thalamita multispinosa 19
Podophthalmus nacreus Alcock, 1899 Podophthalmus nacreus 100230
Carupella natalensis Lenz & Strunck, 1914 Carupella natalensis 100230
Cancer natator Herbst, 1794 Charybdis natator 3477
Catoptrus nitidus Milne-Edwards, 1870 Catoptrus nitidus 19
Libystes nitidus Milne-Edwards, 1868 Libystes nitidus 19
Charybdis obtusifrons Leene, 1836 Charybdis obtusifrons 3477
Charybdis omanensis Leene, 1938 Charybdis omanensis 3477
Achelous orbicularis Richters, 1880 Portunus orbicularis 3477
Lissocarcinus orbicularis Dana, 1852 Lissocarcinus orbicularis 19
Portunus orbitosinus Rathbun, 1911 Cycloachelous orbitosinus 3477
Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860 Achelous ordwayi 100230
Charybdis orientalis Dana, 1852 Charybdis orientalis 3477
Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 Callinectes ornatus 19
Charybdis padadiana Ward, 1941 Charybdis padadiana 2897
Parathranites parahexagonus Crosnier, 2002 Parathranites parahexagonus 3477
Portunus paralatibrachium Crosnier, 2002 Portunus paralatibrachium 3477
Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1949 Scylla paramamosain 343
Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 Portunus pelagicus 3477
Neptunus pelagicus Milne-Edwards, 1861 Portunus pelagicus 92036
Charybdis philippinensis Ward, 1941 Charybdis philippinensis 2897
Lupocyclus philippinensis Semper, 1880 Lupocyclus philippinensis 3477
Thalamita philippinensis Stephenson & Rees, 1967 Thalamita philippinensis 3477
Thalamita picta Stimpson, 1858 Thalamita picta 19
Thalamita pilumnoides Borradaile, 1902 Thalamita pilumnoides 3477
Bathynectes piperitus Manning & Holthuis, 1981 Bathynectes piperitus 3477
Portunus poissonii Audouin, 1826 Thalamita poissonii 3477
Lissocarcinus polybiodes Adams & White, 1849 Lissocarcinus polybiodes 100230
Lissocarcinus polyboides Adams & White, 1849 Lissocarcinus polyboides 3477
Parathranites ponens Crosnier, 2002 Parathranites ponens 100230
Echinolatus proximus Davie & Crosnier, 2006 Echinolatus proximus 3477
Cancer prymna Herbst, 1803 Thalamita prymna 3477
Thalamita prymna var. annectans Laurie, 1906 Thalamita prymna 3477
Thalamita pseudopelsarti Crosnier, 2002 Thalamita pseudopelsarti 3477
Thalamita pseudospinifera Crosnier, 1975 Thalamita pseudospinifera 100230
Necora puber Linnaeus, 1767 Necora puber 356
Nectocarcinus pubescens Moosa, 1996 Nectocarcinus pubescens 100230
Corystes punctatus De Haan, 1833 Ovalipes punctatus 3477
Thalamitoides quadridens Milne-Edwards, 1869 Thalamitoides quadridens 19
Thalamita quadrilobata Miers, 1884 Thalamita quadrilobata 3477
Lupocyclus quinquedentatus Rathbun, 1906 Lupocyclus quinquedentatus 19
Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 Callinectes rathbunae 19
Catoptrus rathbunae Serène, 1966 Catoptrus rathbunae 100230
Charybdis rathbuni Leene, 1938 Charybdis rathbuni 3477
Cancer reticulatus Herbst, 1799 Portunus reticulatus 3477
Charybdis riversandersoni Alcock, 1899 Charybdis riversandersoni 19
Euphylax robustus Milne-Edwards, 1874 Euphylax robustus 3477
Camptonyx rotundifrons Milne-Edwards, 1869 Caphyra rotundifrons 3477
Thalamita rubridens Apel & Spiridonov, 1998 Thalamita rubridens 3477
Portunus rufiremus Holthuis, 1959 Achelous rufiremus 3477
Charybdis rufodactylus Stephenson & Rees, 1968 Charybdis rufodactylus 100230
Neptunus rugosus Milne-Edwards, 1861 Portunus rugosus 81840
Charybdis sagamiensis Parisi, 1916 Charybdis sagamiensis 100230
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 Callinectes sapidus 19
Thalamita savignyi Milne-Edwards, 1861 Thalamita savignyi 100230
Benthochascon schmitti Rathbun, 1931 Raymanninus schmitti 75097
Libystes senckenberg Spiridonov, Naderloo & Apel, 2021 Libystes senckenberg 3477
Thalamita seurati Nobili, 1906 Thalamita seurati 3477
Thalamita sexlobata Miers, 1886 Thalamita sexlobata 19
Thalamita sima Milne-Edwards, 1834 Thalamita sima 19
Callinectes similis Williams, 1966 Callinectes similis 19
Thalamita simillima Crosnier, 2002 Thalamita simillima 3477
Charybdis smithii MacLeay, 1838 Charybdis smithii 3477
Thalamita spiceri Edmondson, 1954 Thalamita spiceri 19
Achelous spinicarpus Stimpson, 1871 Achelous spinicarpus 3477
Thalamita spinifera Borradaile, 1903 Thalamita spinifera 19
Portunus spiniferus Stephenson & Rees, 1967 Portunus spiniferus 100230
Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819 Portunus spinimanus 19
Ovalipes stephensoni Williams, 1976 Ovalipes stephensoni 19
Portunus stephensoni Moosa, 1981 Portunus stephensoni 100230
Thalamita stephensoni Crosnier, 1962 Thalamita stephensoni 19
Thalamita stimpsoni Milne-Edwards, 1861 Thalamita danae 3477
Laleonectes stridens Crosnier & Moosa, 2002 Laleonectes stridens 3477
Portunus suborbicularis Stephenson, 1975 Cycloachelous suborbicularis 3477
Xiphonectes subtilis Nguyen & Ng, 2021 Xiphonectes subtilis 3477
Portunus tenuicaudatus Stephenson, 1961 Portunus tenuicaudatus 100230
Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1851 Carupa tenuipes 19
Thalamita tenuipes Borradaile, 1902 Thalamita tenuipes 100230
Callinectes toxotes Ordway, 1863 Callinectes toxotes 3477
Caphyra tridens Richters, 1880 Caphyra tridens 3477
Thalamitoides tridens Milne-Edwards, 1869 Thalamitoides tridens 19
Thalamitoides tridens tridens Milne-Edwards, 1869 Thalamitoides tridens 3477
Portunus trilobatus Stephenson, 1972 Xiphonectes unidens 3477
Corystes trimaculatus De Haan, 1833 Ovalipes trimaculatus 3477
Achelous tuberculatus Stimpson, 1860 Achelous tuberculatus 100230
Parathranites tuberosus Crosnier, 2002 Parathranites tuberosus 3477
Lupocyclus tugelae Barnard, 1950 Lupocyclus tugelae 100230
Achelous tumidulus Stimpson, 1871 Achelous tumidulus 3477
Caphyra unidentata Lenz, 1910 Caphyra unidentata 3477
Charybdis vadorum Alcock, 1899 Charybdis vadorum 75930
Libystes vadosus Spiridonov, Kamanli, Naruse & Clark, 2021 Libystes vadosus 3477
Charybdis vannamei Ward, 1941 Charybdis vannamei 2897
Xiphonectes vassilyi Nguyen & Ng, 2021 Xiphonectes vassilyi 3477
Portunus vocans Milne-Edwards, 1878 Laleonectes vocans 75097
Portunus vossi Lemaitre, 1992 Portunus vossi 19
Thalamita wakensis Edmondson, 1925 Thalamita seurati 3477
Achelous whitei Milne-Edwards, 1861 Portunus gracilimanus 77883
Thalamita woodmasoni Alcock, 1899 Thalamita woodmasoni 3477
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