Portunites
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| Portunites Temporal range: | |
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| Portunites alaskensis fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Polybiidae |
| Genus: | †Portunites Bell, 1858 |
Portunites is an extinct genus of decapod in the family Polybiidae. There are about 12 described species in Portunites.[1][2]
