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Portunidae

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Noun1.Portunidae - swimming crabs
family Portunidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Brachyura, suborder Brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
swimming crab - marine crab with some legs flattened and fringed for swimming
genus Portunus, Portunus - type genus of the family Portunidae
genus Ovalipes, Ovalipes - a genus of Portunidae
Callinectes, genus Callinectes - New World blue crabs
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At the seawall, several species of crabs belonging to the families Portunidae and Grapsidae, have commonly been observed.
Prospect of oyster culture in Pakistan: pathology assessment of two ... by Siddiqui, Ghazala; Ayub, Zarrien; Sunila, Inke / Journal of Shellfish Research
Other estuaries in which the two Portunidae are abundant in summer months but uncommon in winter are Barnegat Bay, NJ (Milstein et al.
The Hudson-Raritan Estuary as a crossroads for distribution of blue ... by Stehlik, Linda L.; Pikanowski, Robert A.; McMillan, Donald G. / Fishery Bulletin
Among crabs, dominant taxa were mostly Portunidae (2.
Diet shifts of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) with ... by Szedlmayer, Stephen T.; Lee, Jason D. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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