Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. Its members include many well-known shoreline crabs, such as the blue crab (Callinectes...

Mictyris platycheles. Some crabs, like the Portunidae and Matutidae, are also capable of swimming, the Portunidae especially so as their last pair of walking...

swimming crab, or Māori: pāpaka, is a species of crab of the family Portunidae which prey predominantly on molluscs and crustaceans and can use their...

"Distribution of juvenile, subadult and adult Scylla serrata (Crustacea: Portunidae) on tidal flats in Australia". Marine Biology. 69 (1): 117–120. doi:10...

revision of the genus Scylla de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 46 (1): 217–245. Fazhan, Hanafiah;...

Charybdis is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae. It is named after the monster Charybdis of Greek mythology. The genus Charybdis contains...

in the family Portunoidea. These were formerly members of the family Portunidae. It contains only the genus Ovalipes. "Ovalipidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-29...

and the Mediterranean. It is the largest of the swimming crab family (Portunidae) found in British coastal waters. It has a carapace width of up to 100...

Sexual dimorphism C. sapidus is a decapod crab of the swimming crab family Portunidae. The genus Callinectes is distinguished from other portunid crabs by the...

the grey swimming crab, is a small, shallow-water crab in the family Portunidae. L. vernalis was thought for a long time to be a predominantly Mediterranean...

Family: Scyllaridae Order: Stomatopoda Family: Odontodactylidae Family: Portunidae Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthida Family: Loliginidae Order: Sepiida...

Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) species complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae), with the recognition of four species". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology...

feriata, the crucifix crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region. This...

the yellowish-brown crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. The type locality of this species is Indian Ocean, probably Tranquebar...

Portunoidea is a superfamily of crabs that includes the family Portunidae, the swimming crabs. Which other crab families are also placed here is a matter...

Portunus armatus is a species of crustacean, a swimming crab in the family Portunidae found in Australia and eastwards to New Caledonia. Common names include...

"A revision of the genus Scylla de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 46 (1): 217–245. v t e...

the speckled swimming crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. The crabs can be found from Massachusetts, U.S. to areas in Argentina...

crab Nectocarcinus integrifrons (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)(Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)". Zootaxa. 1332: 37–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1332.1...

species to her new genus Ovalipes. O. ocellatus is a member of the family Portunidae. The carapace of O. ocellatus is slightly wider than long, at 8.9 centimetres...

"Molecular phylogeny of the American Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 (Brachyura: Portunidae), based on two partial mitochondrial genes". Marine Biology. 150 (6):...

is a species of crustacean, a swimming crab belonging to the family Portunidae. While native to the western Indian Ocean, it is also invasive in the...

japonica, the Asian paddle crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. Charybdis japonica has a hexagonal, concave carapace around 12 centimetres...

"Population genetics of the swimming crab Callinectes bellicosus (Brachyura: Portunidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean". Marine Biology. 146 (3): 559–569. doi:10...

Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Scylla Species: S. tranquebarica Binomial name Scylla tranquebarica...

Xiphonectes is a genus of crabs within the family Portunidae. Members of this genus are found distributed in the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Xiphonectes...

the sargassum swimming crab, is a species of pelagic crab in the family Portunidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea where...

mitochondrial genome of the black mud crab, Scylla serrata (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae) and its phylogenetic position among (pan)crustaceans". Molecular Biology...

(1996). "Natural Diet and Feeding Habits of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda: Portunidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 16 (4): 678–683. doi:10.1163/193724096x00766...

swimming crabs of the family Portunidae in that all five pairs of legs are flattened, rather than just the last pair, as in Portunidae. Crabs in the Matutidae...