{{Short description|Genus of crabs}} {{About|a genus of crabs|other meanings|Portunus (disambiguation)}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Portunus hastatus (3936380579).jpg | image_caption = ''[[Portunus hastatus]]'' | fossil_range = {{fossil range|48.6|0|[[Paleogene]] - Recent}} | taxon = Portunus |authority = [[Friedrich Weber (entomologist)|Weber]], 1795 <ref>{{ITIS |id=98717 |taxon=''Portunus'' Weber, 1795 |access-date=July 24, 2012}}</ref> | type_species = ''[[Portunus pelagicus|Cancer pelagicus]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |synonyms= {{Specieslist |Lupa|[[William Elford Leach|Leach]], 1814 |Lupea|Leach, 1814 |Neptunus|[[Wilhem de Haan|De Haan]], 1833 }} |synonyms_ref=<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Portunus'' Weber, 1793 |publisher=BioLib |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id33007/ }}</ref> }}
'''''Portunus''''' is a genus of [[crab]]s which includes several important species for [[fishery|fisheries]], such as the [[Portunus pelagicus|blue swimming crab]] and the [[Portunus trituberculatus|Gazami crab]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2630/en |title=''Portunus trituberculatus'' (Miers, 1876) |work=Species Fact Sheets |publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] Fisheries & Aquaculture |access-date=January 18, 2010}}</ref> Other species, such as the [[Portunus sanguinolentus|three-spotted crab]] are caught as [[bycatch]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/?TabId=167 |title = Sydney Fish Market: Crabs |access-date = 2013-10-09 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20131009065129/http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/?TabId=167 |archive-date = 2013-10-09 }}</ref> [[File: Portunidae - Portunus convexus.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Fossil of ''Portunus convexus'']]
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).<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22654 Fossilworks]</ref>
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Portunus'':<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS|last=Ahyong|first=Shane T.|author-link=Shane T. Ahyong|date=13 June 2022|title=''Portunus'' Weber, 1795|id=106930|access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref> {{div col}} {{Linked species list | † Portunus alphonsei | Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008 | † Portunus arcuatus | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1860) | Portunus armatus | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1861) | † Portunus atecuicitli | Vega, Feldmann, Villalobos-Hiriart & Gío-Argíez, 1999 | † Portunus bericensis | De Angeli & Bellin, 2024 | † Portunus brouweri | Van Straelen, 1924 | † Portunus catalaunicus | (Vía, 1941) | Portunus convexus | De Haan, 1835 | † Portunus delgadoi | (Fontannes, 1884) | † Portunus edwardsi | Sismonda, 1861 | † Portunus ferreirai | (Brito, 1971) | † Portunus gabbi | [[Mary J. Rathbun|Rathbun]], 1919 | † Portunus gallicus | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]] ''in'' de Bouillé, 1873) | † Portunus haitensis | [[Mary J. Rathbun|Rathbun]], 1923 | Portunus hawaiiensis | Stephenson, 1968 | † Portunus incertus | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1860) | † Portunus kisslingi | Studer, 1892 | † Portunus kochii | (Bittner, 1893) | † Portunus krambergeri | (Bittner, 1893) | † Portunus larteti | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1860) | † Portunus levigatus | [[Mary J. Rathbun|Rathbun]], 1945 | Portunus madagascariensis | (Hoffmann, 1874) | † Portunus miocaenicus | Müller, 1984 | Portunus mokyevskii | Zarenkov, 1970 | † Portunus monspeliensis | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1860) | † Portunus muelleri | Collins, 2014 | † Portunus neogenicus | Müller, 1979 | † Portunus oblongus | [[Mary J. Rathbun|Rathbun]], 1920 | † Portunus obtusus | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1860) | † Portunus obvallatus | Morris & Collins, 1991 | † Portunus pankowskiorum | Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2015 | Portunus pelagicus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | † Portunus pirabaensis | Martins-Neto, 2001 | Portunus pirabensis | (Brito, 1971) | † Portunus planargiaensis | Pasini & Garassino, 2024 | Portunus pubescens | (Dana, 1852) | † Portunus radobojanus | (Bittner, 1884) | † Portunus regulensis | (Van Straelen, 1939) | Portunus reticulatus | (Herbst, 1799) | † Portunus ristorii | Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008 | Portunus rufiarcus | Davie, 1987 | Portunus sanguinolentus | (Herbst, 1783) | † Portunus sanshianus | Hu, 1984 | Portunus sayi | (Gibbes, 1850) | Portunus segnis | (Forskål, 1775) | † Portunus sijuensis | (Satsangi & Parida, 1980) | † Portunus stenaspis | (Bittner, 1884) | † Portunus straeleni | (Vía, 1948) | † Portunus suessii | (Bittner, 1875) | † Portunus tenuis | [[Mary J. Rathbun|Rathbun]], 1919 | † Portunus thalae | Macarovici, 1970 | † Portunus tongfai | Hu, 1981 | Portunus trituberculatus | (Miers, 1876) | † Portunus vectensis | (Carter, 1898) | † Portunus viai | Secrétan ''in'' Philippe & Secrétan, 1971 | † Portunus vicentinus | ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1860) | † Portunus withersi | (Glaessner, 1933) | † Portunus woodwardi | Morris & Collins, 1991 | † Portunus wynneanus | (Stoliczka, 1871) | † Portunus yaucoensis | Schweitzer, Iturralde-Vinent, Hetler & Velez-Juarbe, 2006 }} {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|2=''Portunus''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|2=''Portunus''}}
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