Portunidae

Translingual

Portunus pelagicus

Etymology

From Portunus +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Portunidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Decapoda – swimming crabs.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata - suborder, Brachyura - infraorder, Eubrachyura - section, Heterotremata - subsection

Hyponyms

• (family): Achelous, Arenaeus, Atoportunus, Callinectes, Caphyra, Carcinus, Carupa, Carupella, Catoptrus, Cavoportunus, Charybdis, Coelocarcinus, Cronius, Cycloachelous, Echinolatus, Euphylax, Gonioinfradens, Kume, Laleonectes, Libystes, Liocarcinus, Lissocarcinus, Lupella, Lupocyclus, Nectocarcinus, Neptunus, Ovalipes, Pele, Podophthalmus, Portumnus, Portunus, Richerellus, Sanquerus, Scylla, Thalamita, Thalamitoides, Xaiva (genera)
  • Acanthoportunus, Colneptunus, Enoplonotus, Eocharybdis, Euronectes, Mioxaiva, Necronectes, Neptocarcinus, Pseudoachelous, Psygmophthalmus, Rakosia, Rathbunella, Sandomingia, Saratunus, Viaophthalmus (extinct genera)

See also

• portunid

References

• Portunidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Portunidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Portunidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons