Carcinidae

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Portunoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Portunoidea

Genera overview: Benthochascon – Brusinia – Carcinus – Liocarcinus – Ovalipes – Polybius – Portumnus – Xaiva – †Cicarnus – †Miopipus

MacLeay, W.S., 1838. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A., Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835. and 1836; ﬁtted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. London, Smith, Elder, and Co. Pp. 53–71, 2 plates.

Evans, N.M. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics of swimming crabs (Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815) supports a revised family-level classification and suggests a single derived origin of symbiotic taxa. PeerJ. 6: e4260. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4260 Reference page. [See p. 28-30, 39-40]