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...
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Mictyris platycheles. Some crabs, like the Portunidae and Matutidae, are also capable of swimming, the Portunidae especially so as their last pair of walking...
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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...
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"Distribution of juvenile, subadult and adult Scylla serrata (Crustacea: Portunidae) on tidal flats in Australia". Marine Biology. 69 (1): 117–120. doi:10...
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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...
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revision of the genus Scylla de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 46 (1): 217–245. Fazhan, Hanafiah;...
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in the family Portunoidea. These were formerly members of the family Portunidae. It contains only the genus Ovalipes. "Ovalipidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-29...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Family: Scyllaridae Order: Stomatopoda Family: Odontodactylidae Family: Portunidae Class: Cephalopoda Order: Teuthida Family: Loliginidae Order: Sepiida...
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Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) species complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae), with the recognition of four species". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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crab Nectocarcinus integrifrons (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)(Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae)". Zootaxa. 1332: 37–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1332.1...
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"Molecular phylogeny of the American Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 (Brachyura: Portunidae), based on two partial mitochondrial genes". Marine Biology. 150 (6):...
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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...
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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...
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Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Scylla Species: S. tranquebarica Binomial name Scylla tranquebarica...
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"Population genetics of the swimming crab Callinectes bellicosus (Brachyura: Portunidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean". Marine Biology. 146 (3): 559–569. doi:10...
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Xiphonectes is a genus of crabs within the family Portunidae. Members of this genus are found distributed in the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Xiphonectes...
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revision of the genus Scylla de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 46 (1): 217–245. "Scylla paramamosain...
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(1996). "Natural Diet and Feeding Habits of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda: Portunidae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 16 (4): 678–683. doi:10.1163/193724096x00766...
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swimmer crabs(Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae)". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 26 (9): 1955–1962. doi:10.1897/07-144r...
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Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Genus: Portunus Species: P. trituberculatus Binomial name Portunus trituberculatus...
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