259 Species in Family Portunidae
| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Achelous binoculus | (Holthuis, 1969) | Redspotted swimming crab |
| Achelous depressifrons | (Stimpson, 1859) | Flatface swimming crab |
| Achelous floridanus | (Rathbun, 1930) | |
| Achelous gibbesii | (Stimpson, 1859) | Iridescent swimming crab |
| Achelous isolamargaritensis | (Türkay, 1968) | |
| Achelous ordwayi | Stimpson, 1860 | Redhair swimming crab |
| Achelous rufiremus | (Holthuis, 1959) | |
| Achelous sebae | (Milne Edwards, 1834) | |
| Achelous spinicarpus | Stimpson, 1871 | |
| Achelous spinimanus | (Latreille, 1819) | |
| Achelous tuberculatus | Stimpson, 1860 | |
| Achelous tumidulus | Stimpson, 1871 | Crevice sculling crab |
| Alionectes pulchricristatus | (Gordon, 1931) | |
| Arenaeus cribrarius | (Lamarck, 1818) | Speckled swimming crab |
| Arenaeus mexicanus | (Gerstaecker, 1856) | Sand swimcrab |
| Bathynectes longispina | Stimpson, 1871 | Bathyal swimming crab |
| Bathynectes maravigna | (Prestandrea, 1839) | deepsea swimming crab |
| Bathynectes piperitus | Manning & Holthuis, 1981 | Peppermint swimcrab |
| Callinectes amnicola | (De Rochebrune, 1883) | Bigfisted swimcrab |
| Callinectes arcuatus | Ordway, 1863 | Arched swimming crab |
| Callinectes bellicosus | (Stimpson, 1859) | Warrior swimcrab |
| Callinectes bocourti | Milne-Edwards, 1879 | Blunttooth swimcrab |
| Callinectes danae | Smith, 1869 | Dana swimcrab |
| Callinectes exasperatus | (Gerstaecker, 1856) | Rugose swimcrab |
| Callinectes larvatus | Ordway, 1863 | Masked swimcrab |
| Callinectes maracaiboensis | Taissoun, 1969 | Maracaibo swimcrab |
| Callinectes marginatus | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | Marbled swimcrab |
| Callinectes ornatus | Ordway, 1863 | Shelling crab |
| Callinectes pallidus | (De Rochebrune, 1883) | Gladiator swimcrab |
| Callinectes rathbunae | Contreras, 1930 | Sharptooth swimcrab |
| Callinectes sapidus | Rathbun, 1896 | Blue crab |
| Callinectes similis | Williams, 1966 | Lesser blue crab |
| Callinectes toxotes | Ordway, 1863 | Giant swimcrab |
| Caphyra acheronae | Takeda & Webber, 2006 | |
| Caphyra loevis | (Milne-Edwards, 1869) | Xenia swimming crab |
| Caphyra rotundifrons | (Milne-Edwards, 1869) | Turtle-weed crab |
| Caphyra tridens | Richters, 1880 | |
| Caphyra unidentata | Lenz, 1910 | |
| Carupa laeviscula | Heller, 1862 | |
| Carupa tenuipes | Dana, 1851 | Violet-eyed swimming crab |
| Carupella natalensis | Lenz & Strunck, 1914 | |
| Catoptrus inaequalis | (Rathbun, 1906) | |
| Catoptrus lavicolus | Naruse & Uyeno, 2021 | |
| Catoptrus nitidus | Milne-Edwards, 1870 | |
| Catoptrus rathbunae | Serène, 1966 | |
| Cavoportunus dubius | (Laurie, 1906) | |
| Charybdis acuta | (Milne-Edwards, 1869) | |
| Charybdis affinis | Dana, 1852 | Smoothshelled swimming crab |
| Charybdis amboinensis | Leene, 1938 | |
| Charybdis anisodon | (De Haan, 1850) | Twospined arm swimming crab |
| Charybdis annulata | (Fabricius, 1798) | Banded-legged swimming crab |
| Charybdis beauforti | Leene & Buitendijk, 1949 | |
| Charybdis bimaculata | (Miers, 1886) | Two-spot swimming crab |
| Charybdis brevispinosa | Leene, 1937 | |
| Charybdis callianassa | (Herbst, 1789) | |
| Charybdis erythrodactyla | (Lamarck, 1818) | Rainbow crab |
| Charybdis feriata | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Crucifix crab |
| Charybdis granulata | (De Haan, 1833) | |
| Charybdis hawaiensis | Edmondson, 1954 | Hawaiian swimming crab |
| Charybdis hellerii | (Milne-Edwards, 1867) | Spiny hands |
| Charybdis hongkongensis | She, 1934 | |
| Charybdis japonica | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | Japanese swimming crab |
| Charybdis jaubertensis | Rathbun, 1924 | |
| Charybdis longicollis | Leene, 1938 | Lesser swimming crab |
| Charybdis lucifera | (Fabricius, 1798) | Yellowish brown crab |
| Charybdis miles | (de Haan, 1835) | Soldier swimming crab |
| Charybdis natator | (Herbst, 1794) | Ridged swimming crab |
| Charybdis obtusifrons | Leene, 1836 | |
| Charybdis omanensis | Leene, 1938 | |
| Charybdis orientalis | Dana, 1852 | |
| Charybdis ornata | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | |
| Charybdis padadiana | Ward, 1941 | |
| Charybdis philippinensis | Ward, 1941 | |
| Charybdis rathbuni | Leene, 1938 | |
| Charybdis riversandersoni | Alcock, 1899 | |
| Charybdis rufodactylus | Stephenson & Rees, 1968 | |
| Charybdis sagamiensis | Parisi, 1916 | |
| Charybdis smithii | MacLeay, 1838 | |
| Charybdis truncata | (Fabricius, 1798) | Blunt-toothed crab |
| Charybdis vadorum | Alcock, 1899 | |
| Charybdis vannamei | Ward, 1941 | |
| Charybdis variegata | (Fabricius, 1798) | |
| Coelocarcinus foliatus | Edmondson, 1930 | |
| Cronius ruber | (Lamarck, 1818) | Red swimcrab |
| Cycloachelous granulatus | (Milne Edwards, 1834) | |
| Cycloachelous levigatus | Koch, 2021 | |
| Cycloachelous orbitosinus | (Rathbun, 1911) | |
| Cycloachelous suborbicularis | (Stephenson, 1975) | |
| Echinolatus caledonicus | (Moosa, 1996) | |
| Echinolatus proximus | Davie & Crosnier, 2006 | |
| Euphylax dovii | Stimpson, 1860 | Pelagic swimcrab |
| Euphylax robustus | Milne-Edwards, 1874 | Robustus swimcrab |
| Gonioinfradens paucidentatus | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | |
| Goniosupradens acutifrons | (de Man, 1879) | |
| Goniosupradens paucidentata | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | Red swimming crab |
| Laleonectes nipponensis | (Sakai, 1938) | |
| Laleonectes stridens | Crosnier & Moosa, 2002 | |
| Laleonectes vocans | (Milne-Edwards, 1878) | spotted swimming crab |
| Libystes edwardsi | Alcock, 1900 | |
| Libystes lepidus | Takeda & Miyake, 1970 | |
| Libystes nitidus | Milne-Edwards, 1868 | |
| Libystes senckenberg | Spiridonov, Naderloo & Apel, 2021 | |
| Libystes vadosus | Spiridonov, Kamanli, Naruse & Clark, 2021 | |
| Lissocarcinus elegans | Boone, 1934 | |
| Lissocarcinus holothuricola | (Streets, 1877) | |
| Lissocarcinus laevis | Miers, 1886 | Swimmer crab |
| Lissocarcinus orbicularis | Dana, 1852 | Sea cucumber crab |
| Lissocarcinus polybiodes | Adams & White, 1849 | |
| Lissocarcinus polyboides | Adams & White, 1849 | |
| Lupella forceps | (Fabricius, 1793) | |
| Lupocyclus inaequalis | (Walker, 1887) | |
| Lupocyclus philippinensis | Semper, 1880 | |
| Lupocyclus quinquedentatus | Rathbun, 1906 | |
| Lupocyclus tugelae | Barnard, 1950 | |
| Macropipus guadulpensis | (Saussure, 1858) | |
| Macropipus pusillus | (Leach, 1816) | |
| Macropipus tuberculatus | (Roux, 1830) | Knobby swimcrab |
| Macropipus vernalis | (Risso, 1816) | |
| Monomia australiensis | (Stephenson & Cook, 1973) | |
| Monomia curvipenis | (Stephenson, 1961) | |
| Monomia lucida | Koch & Ďuriš, 2018 | |
| Monomia rubromarginatus | (Lanchester, 1900) | |
| Necora puber | Linnaeus, 1767 | Velvet swimming crab |
| Nectocarcinus antarcticus | (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) | |
| Nectocarcinus bennetti | Takeda & Miyake, 1969 | |
| Nectocarcinus pubescens | Moosa, 1996 | |
| Neptunus longispinosus | Dana, | |
| Ovalipes australiensis | Stephenson & Rees, 1968 | |
| Ovalipes catharus | (White, in White & Doubleday, 1843) | Paddle crab |
| Ovalipes elongatus | Stephenson & Rees, 1968 | |
| Ovalipes floridanus | Hay & Shore, 1918 | Florida lady crab |
| Ovalipes iridescens | (Miers, 1886) | |
| Ovalipes ocellatus | (Herbst, 1799) | Ocellate lady crab |
| Ovalipes punctatus | (De Haan, 1833) | Sand crab |
| Ovalipes stephensoni | Williams, 1976 | Coarsehand lady crab |
| Ovalipes trimaculatus | (De Haan, 1833) | Rowing crab |
| Parathranites hexagonum | Rathbun, 1906 | |
| Parathranites intermedius | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Parathranites latibrachium | Rathbun, 1906 | |
| Parathranites orientalis | (Miers, 1886) | |
| Parathranites parahexagonus | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Parathranites ponens | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Parathranites tuberosus | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Podophthalmus nacreus | Alcock, 1899 | |
| Podophthalmus vigil | (Fabricius, 1798) | Periscope crab |
| Polybius henslowii | Leach, 1820 | Henslow's swimming crab |
| Portumnus latipes | (Pennant, 1777) | Slender swimcrab |
| Portumnus lysianassa | (Herbst, 1801) | |
| Portunus acuminatus | (Stimpson, 1871) | |
| Portunus affinis | (Faxon, 1893) | |
| Portunus alexandri | (Rathbun, 1907) | |
| Portunus anceps | (de Saussure, 1857) | Delicate swimming crab |
| Portunus argentatus | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | |
| Portunus armatus | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | Blue swimmer crab |
| Portunus asper | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | Rough swimcrab |
| Portunus brockii | (de Haan, 1887) | |
| Portunus convexus | De Haan, 1835 | |
| Portunus euglyphus | (Laurie, 1906) | |
| Portunus gladiator | Fabricius, 1798 | |
| Portunus gracilimanus | (Stimpson, 1858) | |
| Portunus guinotae | Stephenson & Rees, 1961 | |
| Portunus haanii | (Schmitt, 1858) | Warty swimming crab |
| Portunus hastatus | (Linnaeus, 1767) | Lancer swimcrab |
| Portunus innominatus | Rathbun, 1909 | |
| Portunus iranjae | Crosnier, 1962 | |
| Portunus latipes | (Pennant, 1777) | |
| Portunus lecromi | Moosa, 1996 | |
| Portunus longispinosus | (Dana, 1852) | |
| Portunus macrophthalmus | Rathbun, 1906 | |
| Portunus mariei | Guinot, 1957 | |
| Portunus orbicularis | (Richters, 1880) | |
| Portunus paralatibrachium | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Portunus pelagicus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue swimming crab |
| Portunus petreus | (Alcock, 1899) | |
| Portunus pubescens | (Dana, 1852) | Hairy swimming crab |
| Portunus reticulatus | (Herbst, 1799) | |
| Portunus rugosus | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | |
| Portunus sanguinolentus | (Herbst, 1783) | Threespot swimming crab |
| Portunus sayi | (Gibbes, 1850) | Sargassum swimming crab |
| Portunus sebae | (Milne-Edwards, 1834) | Ocellate swimming crab |
| Portunus segnis | (Forskål, 1775) | |
| Portunus spinicarpus | (Stimpson, 1871) | Longspine swimming crab |
| Portunus spiniferus | Stephenson & Rees, 1967 | |
| Portunus spinimanus | Latreille, 1819 | Blotched swimming crab |
| Portunus stephensoni | Moosa, 1981 | |
| Portunus tenuicaudatus | Stephenson, 1961 | |
| Portunus tenuipes | (De Haan, 1835) | |
| Portunus trituberculatus | (Miers, 1876) | Gazami crab |
| Portunus tuberculosus | (Milne-Edwards, 1861) | Blood-spot swimming crab |
| Portunus ventralis | (Milne-Edwards, 1879) | |
| Portunus vossi | Lemaitre, 1992 | |
| Portunus xantusii | (Stimpson, 1860) | Xantus swimcrab |
| Raymanninus schmitti | (Rathbun, 1931) | Sharpoar swimming crab |
| Richerellus moosai | Crosnier, 2003 | |
| Sanquerus validus | (Herklots, 1851) | Senegalese smooth swimcrab |
| Scylla olivacea | (Herbst, 1796) | Orange mud crab |
| Scylla paramamosain | Estampador, 1949 | Green mud crab |
| Scylla serrata | (Forsskål, 1775) | Indo-Pacific swamp crab |
| Scylla tranquebarica | (Fabricius, 1798) | Purple mud crab |
| Thalamita admete | (Herbst, 1803) | |
| Thalamita annulipes | Stephenson & Hudson, 1957 | |
| Thalamita anomala | Stephenson & Hudson, 1957 | |
| Thalamita auauensis | (Rathbun, 1906) | |
| Thalamita bevisi | (Stebbing, 1921) | |
| Thalamita bouvieri | Nobili, 1906 | |
| Thalamita cerasma | Wee & Ng, 1995 | |
| Thalamita chaptalii | (Audouin, 1826) | |
| Thalamita coeruleipes | Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853 | |
| Thalamita cooperi | Borradaile, 1902 | |
| Thalamita corrugata | Stephenson & Rees, 1961 | |
| Thalamita crenata | (Milne-Edwards, 1834) | Wide front swimcrab |
| Thalamita dakini | Montgomerey, 1931 | |
| Thalamita danae | Stimpson, 1858 | |
| Thalamita demani | Nobili, 1905 | |
| Thalamita difficilis | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Thalamita foresti | Crosnier, 1962 | |
| Thalamita gatavakensis | Nobili, 1906 | |
| Thalamita gloriensis | Crosnier, 1962 | |
| Thalamita gracilipes | (Milne-Edwards, 1873) | |
| Thalamita integra | Dana, 1852 | |
| Thalamita intermedia | Miers, 1886 | |
| Thalamita investigatoris | Alcock, 1899 | |
| Thalamita iranica | Stephensen, 1946 | |
| Thalamita kukenthali | De Man, 1902 | |
| Thalamita macropus | Montgomery, 1931 | |
| Thalamita macrospinifera | Rathbun, 1911 | |
| Thalamita malaccensis | Gordon, 1938 | |
| Thalamita margaritimana | Rathbun, 1911 | |
| Thalamita minuscula | Nobili, 1906 | |
| Thalamita mitsiensis | Crosnier, 1962 | |
| Thalamita multispinosa | Stephenson & Rees, 1967 | |
| Thalamita philippinensis | Stephenson & Rees, 1967 | |
| Thalamita picta | Stimpson, 1858 | |
| Thalamita pilumnoides | Borradaile, 1902 | |
| Thalamita poissonii | (Audouin, 1826) | Poisson swimming crab |
| Thalamita prymna | (Herbst, 1803) | |
| Thalamita pseudopelsarti | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Thalamita pseudospinifera | Crosnier, 1975 | |
| Thalamita quadrilobata | Miers, 1884 | |
| Thalamita rubridens | Apel & Spiridonov, 1998 | |
| Thalamita savignyi | Milne-Edwards, 1861 | |
| Thalamita seurati | Nobili, 1906 | |
| Thalamita sexlobata | Miers, 1886 | |
| Thalamita sima | Milne-Edwards, 1834 | Four-lobed swimming crab |
| Thalamita simillima | Crosnier, 2002 | |
| Thalamita spiceri | Edmondson, 1954 | |
| Thalamita spinifera | Borradaile, 1903 | |
| Thalamita spinimana | (Dana, 1852) | Spiny claw swimming crab |
| Thalamita stephensoni | Crosnier, 1962 | |
| Thalamita tenuipes | Borradaile, 1902 | |
| Thalamita woodmasoni | Alcock, 1899 | |
| Thalamitoides quadridens | Milne-Edwards, 1869 | |
| Thalamitoides tridens | Milne-Edwards, 1869 | |
| Xiphonectes bidens | (Laurie, 1906) | |
| Xiphonectes hastatoides | (Fabricius, 1798) | |
| Xiphonectes pseudohastatoides | (Yang & Tang, 2006) | |
| Xiphonectes subtilis | Nguyen & Ng, 2021 | |
| Xiphonectes unidens | (Laurie, 1906) | |
| Xiphonectes vassilyi | Nguyen & Ng, 2021 |