Familia Portunidae

Rafinesque, 1815

Twenty-four species known in the area as adult, of which nine species (below in bold) with known larval stages.

Subfamily Portuninae
Callinectes acutidens
Callinectes bocourti
Callinectes danae
Callinectes exasperatus
Callinectes larvatus
Callinectes ornatus
Callinectes sapidus
Charybdis hellerii
Cronius ruber
Cronius tumidulus
Laleonectes vocans
Portunus anceps
Portunus gibbesii
Portunus ordwayi
Portunus rufiremus
Portunus spinicarpus
Portunus spinimanus
Portunus ventralis
Scylla serrata

Subfamily Polybiinae
Arenaeus cribrarius
Coenophthalmus tridentatus
Ovalipes catharus
Ovalipes punctatus
Ovalipes trimaculatus


First zoea identification with the aid of Table 13 First zoeae of Portunidae.
Megalopa identification with the aid of Table 16 Mgp Hymenosomatidae Atelecyclidae Beliidae Portunidae (fourth section).

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