Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Portunoidea > Family Portunidae > Subfamily Portuninae > Genus Portunus

Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Portunus*	Weber, 1795	accepted genus name
*Lupa*	Leach, 1814	synonym
*Neptunus*	De Haan, 1833	synonym
*Portunus (Portunus)*	Weber, 1795	synonym

Species group names

*Cancer pelagicus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: blue swimming crab; pelagic swimming crab; sand crab sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Blaue Schwimmkrabbe; Blaukrabbe; Große Pazifische Schwimmkrabbe sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: タイワンガザミ

Literature

basis of record	Lai, J. C. Y., Ng, P. K. L. & Davie, P. J. F. (2010). A revision of the Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) species complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae), with the recognition of four species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 58: 199–237.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1061754