12 CATALOGUE OF BRITISH CRUSTACEA. 



FAM. II. PORTUNID.E. 



Portunidae, Leach, Sam. Ent. U. Comp. p. 83 (1819) ; Bell, Brit, 



Crust, p. 74. 



Portuniens, M. Edw. Crust, i. p. 432. 

 Portunus, pt. Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 363 (1798). 

 Cancerides Pelagii, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. i. p. 25. 

 Pinnipeda, Latr. 



Portunidae, pt. Macleay, III. Annul. S. Afr. p. 59. 

 Carcinidae, pt. Macleay, III. Annul. S. Afr. p. 59. 



Shuttle, or Fin Crabs (local names). 



1. CAECINUS. 



Carcinus, Leach, Linn. Trans, xi. p. 314. 

 Corystes (subg. Carcinus), Haan, Faun. Jap. p. 13. 

 Cancer, Auct. 



1. CARCINUS M&NAS. Common Shore-Crab. 



Cancer Maenas, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 2026 ; Syst. Nat. p. 1043, 

 22 ; Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. p. 3, edit. 1777, t. 2, f. 5 ; Herbst, i. t. 

 7, f. 46 ; Blainv. Faune Frang. t. 1 , f. 1. 



Portunus maenas, Leach, Ed. Enc. vii. p. 390. 



Corystes (Carcinus) maenas, Haan, Faun. Jap. p. 13. 



Carcinus maenas, Leach, Ed. Enc. p. 429 ; Linn. Trans, xi. p. 314 ; 

 Mai. Pod. Brit. t. v. f. 17 ; M. Edw. Crust, i. p. 434 ; Bell, 

 Brit. Crust, p. 76; Gould, Inv. Mass. p. 321,2; Dekay, Zool. 

 N. York. vi. p. 8 ; Lucas, Expl. Alger. p. 13. 



Var. ? C. granulatus, Say, Journ. Acad. Sc. Phil. i. p. 61. 



British Coast, everywhere. 



a s. Sandgate, Kent. From old collection. 



t v , Cornwall. Presented by D. W. Mitchell, Esq. 



x. Var. Brighton. Presented by Mr. W. Wing. 



2. PORTUMNUS. 



Portumnus, Leach, Ed. Enc. vii. p. 391. 



Platyonichus, Latr. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat.; Enc. Meth. x. p. 151. 

 Corystes (subg. Platyonichus), Haan, Faun. Jap. p. 12. 

 Cancer, pt. Penn. 



