NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Portunidae
  Superfamily - Portunoidea
  Infraorder - Brachyura
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Portunus gibbesii
      Species - Portunus sayi
      Species - Portunus spinicarpus
      Species - Portunus spinimanus
      Species - Portunus anceps
      Species - Portunus sanguinolentus
      Species - Portunus ventralis
      Species - Portunus ordwayi
      Species - Portunus floridanus
      Species - Portunus depressifrons
      Species - Portunus latipes
      Species - Portunus xantusii
      Species - Portunus sebae
      Species - Portunus binoculus
      Species - Portunus hastatus
      Species - Portunus pelagicus
      Species - Portunus argentatus
      Species - Portunus euglyphus
      Species - Portunus granulatus
      Species - Portunus longispinosus
      Species - Portunus macrophthalmus
      Species - Portunus orbicularis
      Species - Portunus pubescens
      Species - Portunus tuberculosus
      Species - Portunus vossi