Portunidae

Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. Its members include well-known shoreline crabs such as the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and velvet crab (Necora puber).

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Vinony's link graph records 123 inbound references to Portunidae, and connects out to Animalia, International Standard Book Number and arthropod.

Vinony files it under Decapod families, Portunoidea and Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.

Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

swimming crabs

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyPortunidae

Habitatmarine, brackish

Observations recorded546,006

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 5,580
With media: 303
Family: Portunidae
Collections: SDNHM, UF
Recorded in: United States, Panama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Portunoidea
Image: Liocarcinus depurator.jpg

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Commons category: Portunidae
taxon rank: family
taxon name: Portunidae
topic's main category: Category:Portunidae
taxon common name: plavajoče rakovice

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Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. Its members include well-known shoreline crabs such as the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and velvet crab (Necora puber).

==Description== Portunid crabs are characterised by the flattening of the fifth pair of legs into broad paddles, which are used for swimming. This ability, together with their strong, sharp claws, allows many species to be fast and aggressive predators.

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