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''Portunus'' is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, ''Portunus pelagicus'' and the Gazami crab, '' P. trituberculatus''. Other species, such as the three-spotted crab ('' P. sanguinolentus'') are caught as bycatch. The genus ''Portunus'' contains more than 90 extant species and over 40 further species known only from fossils. Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia from Paleogene The Paleogene ( ; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of ... to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago). The extant species are as follows: References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3399586 Portunoidea Paleogene genus first appearances E ...
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Portunus Brevimanus
''Portunus'' is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, '' Portunus pelagicus'' and the Gazami crab, '' P. trituberculatus''. Other species, such as the three-spotted crab ('' P. sanguinolentus'') are caught as bycatch. The genus ''Portunus'' contains more than 90 extant species and over 40 further species known only from fossils. Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia from Paleogene The Paleogene ( ; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of ... to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago). The extant species are as follows: References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3399586 Portunoidea Paleogene genus first appearances ...
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Portunus Australiensis
''Portunus'' is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, ''Portunus pelagicus'' and the Gazami crab, '' P. trituberculatus''. Other species, such as the three-spotted crab ('' P. sanguinolentus'') are caught as bycatch. The genus ''Portunus'' contains more than 90 extant species and over 40 further species known only from fossils. Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia from Paleogene The Paleogene ( ; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of ... to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago). The extant species are as follows: References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3399586 Portunoidea Paleogene genus first appearances E ...
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