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Portunidae

family of crabs
Taxon taxon Q2257783
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Portunidae

Summary

Portunidae is a taxon[1]. Portunidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month, #1,550 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portunidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Portunidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Portunidae is classified within Portunoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Portunidae is Portunidae[6].
  • Portunidae's Commons category is recorded as Portunidae[7].
  • Portunidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Portunidae[8].
  • Portunidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swimming Crabs'}[9].
  • Portunidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'svømmekrabber'}[10].
  • Portunidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'plavajoče rakovice'}[11].

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Classification

Portunidae's scientific name is Portunidae[6]. Portunidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Portunidae belongs to the parent taxon Portunoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swimming Crabs'}[9], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'svømmekrabber'}[10], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'plavajoče rakovice'}[11].

Identifiers

Portunidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49506[12]. Portunidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6757[13]. Portunidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4555[14]. Portunidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 98689[15].

Why It Matters

Portunidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month, #1,550 of 195,241).[2] Portunidae has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Portunidae is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → family
    Wikidata description → family of crabs
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Portunoidea
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529510805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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