Portunidae

Taxobox | name = Portunidae

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Liocarcinus marmoreus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Brachyura
superfamilia = Portunoidea
familia = Portunidae
familia_authority = Rafinesque, 1815
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "approx. 28; see text"

Portunidae is the family containing the swimming crabs. It includes many well-known shoreline crabs, such as the European shore crab, blue crab, velvet crab and lady crab. Two genera in the family are contrastingly named "Scylla" and "Charybdis".

Genera

*"Arenaeus"
*"Bathynectes"
*"Benthochascon"
*"Callinectes"
*"Carcinus"
*"Carupa"
*"Catoptrus"
*"Charybdis"
*"Coelocarcinus"
*"Cronius"
*"Euphylax"
*"Goniosupradens"
*"Laleonectes"
*"Libystes"
*"Liocarcinus"
*"Lissocarcinus"
*"Lupocyclus"
*"Macropipus"
*"Necora"
*"Ovalipes"
*"Parathranites"
*"Podophthalmus"
*"Polybius"
*"Portumnus"
*"Portunus"
*"Raymanninus"
*"Scylla"
*"Thalamita"
*"Thalamitoides"