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Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Portunus pelagicus
Portunus pelagicus

1061754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1061754)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Portunoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Portunidae (Family)
  16. Portuninae (Subfamily)
  17. Portunus (Genus)
  18. Portunus pelagicus (Species)
accepted
Species
Lupa pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061754 on 2026-08-27
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061754 on 2026-08-27
Date
action
by
2018-02-26 08:05:29Z
created
De Grave, Sammy
2020-09-02 19:03:26Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-04-17 06:24:15Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2024-01-12 09:59:10Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Lai, J. C. Y., Ng, P. K. L. & Davie, P. J. F. (2010). A revision of the <i>Portunus pelagicus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) species complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae), with the recognition of four species. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology .</em> 58: 199–237. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (269 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Lupa pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Portunus pelagicus) 
To FAO Species fact sheets (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (996 nucleotides; 496 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX CRT 73002 back) 
To PESI (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (123 records) (from synonym Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758))
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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