Biology:Portunites

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Short description: Extinct genus of crabs

Portunites
Temporal range: Eocene–Neogene
Portunites alaskensis Naturalis.JPG
Portunites alaskensis fossil
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Polybiidae
Genus: Portunites
Bell, 1858

Portunites is an extinct genus of decapod in the family Polybiidae. There are about 12 described species in Portunites.[1][2]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Portunites:

  • Portunites alaskensis Rathbun, 1926
  • Portunites angustata Collins et al., 1999
  • Portunites eocenica Lorenthey, 1929
  • Portunites hoepfneri Moths, 2005
  • Portunites incerta Bell, 1857
  • Portunites kattachiensis Karasawa, 1992
  • Portunites nodosus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
  • Portunites rosenfeldi De Angeli & Garassino, 2006
  • Portunites stintoni Quayle, 1984
  • Portunites sylviae Quayle & Collins, 1981
  • Portunites insculpta Rathbun, 1926
  • Portunites triangulum Rathbun


References

Wikidata ☰ Q15144234 entry