This species, which is commercially important in most Australian mainland states, was previously known as Portunus pelagicus, and is part of the P. pelagicus species complex widespread in the Indo-Pacific region. This complex has recently been shown to be four separate species, see Lai, Ng & Davie, 2010. This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 702003 (FISHLIST 702003).
Identifiers:
AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d12568b0-4a0b-46c2-8340-7bf38082df89
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:442803
Name status: unaccepted
Checked on: 2022-04-14 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)
Images:
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Ng, P.K.L., 1998. Crabs. In: Carpenter, K.E. Niem, V.H., Editors, FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific., 2: 1045-1155. FAO, Rome
Scientific Name verified against:
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., The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 58(2): 199-237.
