Portumnus

Portumnus latipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Portunoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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

Familia: Portunidae
Genus: Portumnus
Species: P. latipes – P. lysianassa – †P. tricarinatus

Name

Portumnus Leach, 1814: 429

• Type species: Cancer latipes Pennant, 1777 = Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) (by monotypy)

Synonymy

• Corystes (Platyonichus) Latreille, 1818
• Platyonichus Latreille, 1818 (unnecessary replacement name)
• Platyonychus Latreille, 1818, misspelling
• Portumnus (Platyonychus) Latreille, 1818, misspelling

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology in Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh. 7(2): 385–437, 765–766. BHL Reference page. 

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