Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815

Callinectes amnicola (De Rochebrune, 1883) —CVI Guinot & Ribeiro (1962, as C. latimanus); inshore estuarine—Benthic, 0– 30 m. TSEA.

Callinectes marginatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) —CVI A. Milne-Edwards (1878, as C. africanus [var. de diacanthus]); shallow waters—Benthic. TSEA.

Cronius ruber (Lamarck, 1818) —CNI González et al. (2017a); 2–10 m—CVI A. Milne-Edwards (1869, as Goniosoma milleri); 2.5–20 m—Benthic, 5– 69 m. PANT.

Laleonectes vocans (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) —CNI González (1995, as Portunus sp.); 5–10 m—CVI typelocality (as Neptunus vocans); 5–6 m—Benthic, 6– 37 m. AAWA.

Portunus (Portunus) hastatus (Linnaeus, 1767) —CNI Brullé (1839, as Lupa hastata); 2–60 m—CVI Fransen (1991); 20–40 m—Benthic. TSEA.

Portunus (Portunus) inaequalis ( Miers, 1881) —CNI González (2016); 8–12 m—CVI Monod (1956, as Neptunus inaequalis); 4–15 m—Benthic, 4– 73 m. TSEA.

? Sanquerus validus (Herklots, 1851) —CVI González et al. (2004, as Portunus validus); 150–280 m (three specimens lost during the sinking of R / V “Taliarte”)—Benthic, 3–55 m. TSEA.

Thalamita poissonii (Audouin, 1826) —CNI Brullé (1839, as T. admete); 0.5–120 m—CVI Guinot & Ribeiro (1962, as T. africana); 2–8 m—Benthic, 0.5– 20 m. PANT.