Species Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [626].

  Type data:

   Neotype ZRC 2007.0235 ♂ (142.0 × 67.1 mm), Pulau Tekong, Singapore.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lai, J.C.Y., Ng, P.K.L. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. A revision of the Portunus pelagicus species-complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae),with the recognition of four species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(2): 199–237 [Date published 31 Aug. 2010] [209].
• Cancer cedonulli Herbst, J.F.W. 1794. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund Vol. 2 Pt 5 pp. 147162 pls 37–40. [published from 1782–1804] [157, pl. 39].

  Type data:

   Neotype ZRC 2007.0235 ♂ (142.0 × 67.1 mm) (Simultaneous neotype with Cancer pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758), Pulau Tekong, Singapore.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lai, J.C.Y., Ng, P.K.L. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. A revision of the Portunus pelagicus species-complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae),with the recognition of four species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(2): 199–237 [Date published 31 Aug. 2010] [209].
• Portunus denticulatus Procé, Marion de. 1822. Note sur plusieurs espèces nouvelles de poissons et de crustacés observés dans un voyage de France a Manilla. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 1822: 129-134 [not seen] [133].

  Type data:

   Neotype ZRC 2002.302 ♂ (119.7 × 54.0 mm), Tagbilaran market: Bohol, Philippines.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lai, J.C.Y., Ng, P.K.L. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. A revision of the Portunus pelagicus species-complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae),with the recognition of four species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(2): 199–237 [Date published 31 Aug. 2010] [210].
• Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus sinensis Shen, C.-J. 1932. The Brachyura Crustacea of North China. Zoologica Sinica Series A, Invertebrates of China 9(1): 1-320, figs 1-171, pls 1-10, 1 map [70, pl. 3, fig. 6, pl. 4, fig. 2] [as var. sinensis Shen, 1932].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lai, J.C.Y., Ng, P.K.L. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. A revision of the Portunus pelagicus species-complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae),with the recognition of four species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(2): 199–237 [Date published 31 Aug. 2010]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Also from China, Japan (Okinawa and Kyushu), Korea, Philippines, and Indonesia, and westwards to at least the straits of Malacca

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, estuary, low intertidal, sand bottom, subtidal.

Trade

eaten

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy to muddy substrates, common in seagrass beds (Zostera), depths to 65 m.

 

General References

Bryars, S.R. & Adams, M. 1999. An allozyme study of the blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus (Crustacea: Portunidae), in Australia: stock delineation in southern Australia and evidence for a cryptic species in northern waters. Marine and Freshwater Research 50: 15-26

Lai, J.C.Y., Ng, P.K.L. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. A revision of the Portunus pelagicus species-complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae),with the recognition of four species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(2): 199–237 [Date published 31 Aug. 2010] [209]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		10-May-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)