Portunus
{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{For|the Roman god or Roman temple to the god of the same name|Portunus (mythology)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Portunus hastatus (3936380579).jpg
| image_caption = Portunus hastatus
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|48.6|0|Paleogene - Recent}}
| taxon = Portunus
|authority = Weber, 1795 {{ITIS |id=98717 |taxon=Portunus Weber, 1795 |access-date=July 24, 2012}}
| type_species = Cancer pelagicus
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
|synonyms= {{Specieslist
|Lupa|Leach, 1814
|Lupea|Leach, 1814
|Neptunus|De Haan, 1833
}}
|synonyms_ref={{Cite web|title=Portunus Weber, 1793 |publisher=BioLib |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id33007/ }}
}}
Portunus is a genus of crabs which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab and the Gazami crab.{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2630/en |title=Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876) |work=Species Fact Sheets |publisher=FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture |access-date=January 18, 2010}} Other species, such as the three-spotted crab are caught as bycatch.{{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 }}
File: Portunidae - Portunus convexus.JPG
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).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22654 Fossilworks]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Portunus:{{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}}
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{{Linked species list
| † Portunus alphonsei | Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2008
| † Portunus arcuatus | (A. Milne-Edwards, 1860)
| Portunus armatus | (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 | Rathbun, 1919
| † Portunus gallicus | (A. Milne-Edwards in de Bouillé, 1873)
| † Portunus haitensis | Rathbun, 1923
| Portunus hawaiiensis | Stephenson, 1968
| † Portunus incertus | (A. Milne-Edwards, 1860)
| † Portunus kisslingi | Studer, 1892
| † Portunus kochii | (Bittner, 1893)
| † Portunus krambergeri | (Bittner, 1893)
| † Portunus larteti | (A. Milne-Edwards, 1860)
| † Portunus levigatus | Rathbun, 1945
| Portunus madagascariensis | (Hoffmann, 1874)
| † Portunus miocaenicus | Müller, 1984
| Portunus mokyevskii | Zarenkov, 1970
| † Portunus monspeliensis | (A. Milne-Edwards, 1860)
| † Portunus muelleri | Collins, 2014
| † Portunus neogenicus | Müller, 1979
| † Portunus oblongus | Rathbun, 1920
| † Portunus obtusus | (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 | 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 | (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
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References
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External links
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