Portunus pelagicus
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Translingual
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Portunidae – flower crab.
Usage notes
- Some authors have recently extracted three species from Portunus pelagicus, sensu lato: Portunus segnis, Portunus reticulatus, and Portunus armatus. They are more southerly in habitat than the southeast and east Asian Portunus pelagicus, sensu stricto.
Hypernyms
- (species): Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Portunoidea - superfamily; Portunidae - family; Portunus - genus
Further reading
Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Portunus pelagicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Portunus pelagicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Portunus pelagicus at World Register of Marine Species
- Portunus pelagicus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Portunus pelagicus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
