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Parent Taxon

• Portunidae

Sibling Taxa

• Arenaeus
• Atoportunus
• Callinectes
• Carupella
• Cavoportunus
• Cycloachelous
• Eodemus
• Incultus
• Monomia
• Portunus
• Sanquerus
• Scylla
• Xiphonectes

Child Taxa

• Callinectes amnicola
• Callinectes arcuatus
• Callinectes bellicosus
• Callinectes bocourti
• Callinectes danae
• Callinectes exasperatus
• Callinectes marginatus
• Callinectes ornatus
• Callinectes pallidus
• Callinectes rathbunae
• Callinectes sapidus
• Callinectes similis
• Callinectes toxotes

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