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Topic: Portunidae


In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  NOAA Ocean Explorer: Estuary to the Abyss
Left to right: The blue crab, (Callinectes sapidus), sargassum crab (Portunus sayi), and the blotched swimming crab (Portunus spinimanus) are all shallow-water “swimming” crabs in the family Portunidae.
Blue crabs belong to the family Portunidae, commonly known as swimming crabs.
The bathyal swimming crab (Bathynectes longispina), a deep-water swimming crab from the Portunidae family.
www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov /explorations/04etta/background/decapods/decapods.html   (1520 words)

  
 Fact Sheet for Charybdis hellerii (Milne Edwards, 1867)
On A Record Of Charybdis Helleri From The Caribbean Coast Of Colombia.
The Zoeal Stages And Megalopa Of Charybdis Callianassa (Herbst) (Decapoda: Portunidae), Reared In The Laboratory.
The Occurrence Of Charybdis (Charybdis) Hellerii (A. Milne Edwards) (Decapoda: Portunidae) Along The West Coast Of India.
nis.gsmfc.org /nis_factsheet.php?toc_id=124   (1031 words)

  
 Fishery Bulletin: Local distribution and abundance of swimming crabs on a tropical arid beach - Callinectes spp. and ...
Larval development of the speckled swimming crab, Arenaeus cribrarius (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) reared in the laboratory.
Estudio comparativo, taxonomico y ecologico entre los cangrejos (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), Callinectes maracaiboensis (nueva especie), C. bocourti (A. Milne Edwards) y C. rathbunae (Contreras) en el golfo de Venezuela, lago de Maracaibo y golfo de Mexico.
The swimming crabs of the genus Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FDG/is_1_100/ai_83446902/pg_8   (554 words)

  
 Directory of open access journals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Natural Diet of Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 (Decapoda, Portunidae) in the Itapocoroy Inlet, Penha, SC, Brazil
Results showed a diversified trophic spectrum with a generalized dietary strategy comprising the algae, macrophyta, foraminiferida, mollusca, polychaeta, crustacea, echinodermata, Osteichthyes and NIOM (Nonidentified Organic Matter) groups.
C. ornatus; Portunidae; natural diet; dietary habits; dietary ecology
www.doaj.org /abstract?id=44164&toc=y   (116 words)

  
 Swimming crabs (Portunidae) on Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin, Singapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Swimming crabs (Portunidae) on Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin, Singapore
In the US, the Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), a member of the Family Portunidae, is important commercially.
Family Portunidae by Eric De Muylder on the Land Crabs of the Seychelles Islands website: brief descriptions and photos of Syclla and Thalamita spp.
www.wildsingapore.net /chekjawa/text/c321.htm   (391 words)

  
 Ask Shamu: Blue Crab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Q: What is the difference between a blue crab and a fiddler crab?
A: Fiddler crabs come from the family Ocypodidae, and blue crabs from the family Portunidae.
Most fiddler crabs live on the shoreline in temperate and tropical waters.
www.seaworld.org /ask-shamu/undersea-life/invertebrates/arthropods/blue-crab.htm   (118 words)

  
 A comparative study of zoeal morphology in the genus Liocarcinus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae). by Clark P
A comparative study of zoeal morphology in the genus Liocarcinus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae).
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Clark P - A comparative study of zoeal morphology in the genus Liocarcinus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae).
www.heritagemp.com /cstock/i38846book.html   (100 words)

  
 Iheringia. Série Zoologia - Crustaceans in the archaeological site Ariano Souza, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Crustáceos no cerrito Ariano Souza, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul e distribuição de Callinectes sapidus (Brachyura, Portunidae)
POWERS, L. A catalogue and bibliography to the crabs (Brachyura) of the Gulf of México.
WILLIAMS, A. The swimming crabs of the genus Callinectes (Decapoda: Portunidae).
www.scielo.br /scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212004000100013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=pt   (1696 words)

  
 Blue Crab - RFE Page 2
Proposed Rule (April 23, 1998): Food and Drug Administration; 21 CFR Part 102
RFE Nomenclature Information Excerpted for Portunidae (common edible crabs):
Geographic distribution information for Portunidae (common edible crabs):
www.cfsan.fda.gov /~frf/rfe2cb.html   (203 words)

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