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Portunidae
Portunidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Portunidae
- A taxonomic family within the superfamily Portunoidea – the swimming crabs.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder, Brachyura - infraorder, Eubrachyura - section, Heterotremata - subsection
Hyponyms
- (family): Achelous, Arenaeus, Atoportunus, Callinectes, Caphyra, Carcinus, Carupa, Carupella, Catoptrus, Cavoportunus, Charybdis, Coelocarcinus, Cronius, Cycloachelous, Echinolatus, Euphylax, Gonioinfradens, Kume, Laleonectes, Libystes, Liocarcinus, Lissocarcinus, Lupella, Lupocyclus, Nectocarcinus, Neptunus, Ovalipes, Pele, Podophthalmus, Portumnus, Portunus, Richerellus, Sanquerus, Scylla, Thalamita, Thalamitoides, Xaiva (genera)
- Acanthoportunus, Colneptunus, Enoplonotus, Eocharybdis, Euronectes, Mioxaiva, Necronectes, Neptocarcinus, Pseudoachelous, Psygmophthalmus, Rakosia, Rathbunella, Sandomingia, Saratunus, Viaophthalmus (extinct genera)