# Portunus

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Genus of crabs

This article is about a genus of crabs. For other meanings, see [Portunus (disambiguation)](/source/Portunus_(disambiguation)).

Portunus Temporal range: Paleogene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Portunus hastatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Portunidae Subfamily: Portuninae Genus: Portunus Weber, 1795 [1] Type species Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms[2] Lupa Leach, 1814 Lupea Leach, 1814 Neptunus De Haan, 1833

***Portunus*** is a genus of [crabs](/source/Crab) which includes several important species for [fisheries](/source/Fishery), such as the [blue swimming crab](/source/Portunus_pelagicus) and the [Gazami crab](/source/Portunus_trituberculatus).[3] Other species, such as the [three-spotted crab](/source/Portunus_sanguinolentus) are caught as [bycatch](/source/Bycatch).[4]

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](/source/Paleogene) to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago).[5]

## Species

The following species are recognised in the genus *Portunus*:[6]

- †*[Portunus alphonsei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_alphonsei&action=edit&redlink=1)* Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
- †*[Portunus arcuatus](/source/Portunus_arcuatus)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1860)
- *[Portunus armatus](/source/Portunus_armatus)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1861)
- †*[Portunus atecuicitli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_atecuicitli&action=edit&redlink=1)* Vega, Feldmann, Villalobos-Hiriart & Gío-Argíez, 1999
- †*[Portunus bericensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_bericensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* De Angeli & Bellin, 2024
- †*[Portunus brouweri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_brouweri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Van Straelen, 1924
- †*[Portunus catalaunicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_catalaunicus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Vía, 1941)
- *[Portunus convexus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_convexus&action=edit&redlink=1)* De Haan, 1835
- †*[Portunus delgadoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_delgadoi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Fontannes, 1884)
- †*[Portunus edwardsi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_edwardsi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Sismonda, 1861
- †*[Portunus ferreirai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_ferreirai&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Brito, 1971)
- †*[Portunus gabbi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_gabbi&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1919
- †*[Portunus gallicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_gallicus&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards) *in* de Bouillé, 1873)
- †*[Portunus haitensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_haitensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1923
- *[Portunus hawaiiensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_hawaiiensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Stephenson, 1968
- †*[Portunus incertus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_incertus&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1860)
- †*[Portunus kisslingi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_kisslingi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Studer, 1892
- †*[Portunus kochii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_kochii&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Bittner, 1893)
- †*[Portunus krambergeri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_krambergeri&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Bittner, 1893)
- †*[Portunus larteti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_larteti&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1860)
- †*[Portunus levigatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_levigatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1945
- *[Portunus madagascariensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_madagascariensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Hoffmann, 1874)
- †*[Portunus miocaenicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_miocaenicus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, 1984
- *[Portunus mokyevskii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_mokyevskii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Zarenkov, 1970
- †*[Portunus monspeliensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_monspeliensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1860)
- †*[Portunus muelleri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_muelleri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Collins, 2014
- †*[Portunus neogenicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_neogenicus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Müller, 1979
- †*[Portunus oblongus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_oblongus&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1920
- †*[Portunus obtusus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_obtusus&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1860)
- †*[Portunus obvallatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_obvallatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Morris & Collins, 1991
- †*[Portunus pankowskiorum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_pankowskiorum&action=edit&redlink=1)* Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2015
- *[Portunus pelagicus](/source/Portunus_pelagicus)* (Linnaeus, 1758)
- †*[Portunus pirabaensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_pirabaensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Martins-Neto, 2001
- *[Portunus pirabensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_pirabensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Brito, 1971)
- †*[Portunus planargiaensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_planargiaensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pasini & Garassino, 2024
- *[Portunus pubescens](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_pubescens&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Dana, 1852)
- †*[Portunus radobojanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_radobojanus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Bittner, 1884)
- †*[Portunus regulensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_regulensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Van Straelen, 1939)
- *[Portunus reticulatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_reticulatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Herbst, 1799)
- †*[Portunus ristorii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_ristorii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
- *[Portunus rufiarcus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_rufiarcus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Davie, 1987
- *[Portunus sanguinolentus](/source/Portunus_sanguinolentus)* (Herbst, 1783)
- †*[Portunus sanshianus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_sanshianus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hu, 1984
- *[Portunus sayi](/source/Portunus_sayi)* (Gibbes, 1850)
- *[Portunus segnis](/source/Portunus_segnis)* (Forskål, 1775)
- †*[Portunus sijuensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_sijuensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Satsangi & Parida, 1980)
- †*[Portunus stenaspis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_stenaspis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Bittner, 1884)
- †*[Portunus straeleni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_straeleni&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Vía, 1948)
- †*[Portunus suessii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_suessii&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Bittner, 1875)
- †*[Portunus tenuis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_tenuis&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1919
- †*[Portunus thalae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_thalae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Macarovici, 1970
- †*[Portunus tongfai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_tongfai&action=edit&redlink=1)* Hu, 1981
- *[Portunus trituberculatus](/source/Portunus_trituberculatus)* (Miers, 1876)
- †*[Portunus vectensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_vectensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Carter, 1898)
- †*[Portunus viai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_viai&action=edit&redlink=1)* Secrétan *in* Philippe & Secrétan, 1971
- †*[Portunus vicentinus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_vicentinus&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([A. Milne-Edwards](/source/Alphonse_Milne-Edwards), 1860)
- †*[Portunus withersi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_withersi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Glaessner, 1933)
- †*[Portunus woodwardi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_woodwardi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Morris & Collins, 1991
- †*[Portunus wynneanus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_wynneanus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Stoliczka, 1871)
- †*[Portunus yaucoensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portunus_yaucoensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Schweitzer, Iturralde-Vinent, Hetler & Velez-Juarbe, 2006

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["*Portunus* Weber, 1795"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=98717). [Integrated Taxonomic Information System](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System). Retrieved July 24, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["*Portunus* Weber, 1793"](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id33007/). BioLib.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["*Portunus trituberculatus* (Miers, 1876)"](http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2630/en). *Species Fact Sheets*. [FAO](/source/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization) Fisheries & Aquaculture. Retrieved January 18, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sydney Fish Market: Crabs"](http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/?TabId=167). Retrieved 2013-10-09.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Fossilworks](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22654)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_6-0)** [Ahyong, Shane T.](/source/Shane_T._Ahyong) (13 June 2022). ["*Portunus* Weber, 1795"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106930). *WoRMS*. [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species). Retrieved 13 March 2025.

## External links

- Media related to [*Portunus*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Portunus) at Wikimedia Commons

- Data related to [*Portunus*](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Portunus) at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers Portunus Wikidata: Q3399586 Wikispecies: Portunus ADW: Portunus AFD: Portunus BOLD: 4990 CoL: 7PTWF GBIF: 2225661 iNaturalist: 127705 IRMNG: 1361292 ITIS: 98717 NCBI: 80835 NZOR: 045aa9ba-28f0-4fbb-a878-bc019d488955 Open Tree of Life: 2979216 Paleobiology Database: 22654 WoRMS: 106930

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