Decapoda - Brachyura - Portunidae - Portunus

Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783)

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World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas, Poupin (BD - Internet) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Afrique orientale, Somalie, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, Madagascar, Seychelles, Maurice, Marshall, Hawaii, Polynésie française. 2-78 m. Comprend, Réunion, Mayotte, premier signalement. Records in Hawaii & FP now attributed to P. hawaiensis (see that species).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-78 m

Mayotte data
Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) — Legall & Poupin (2018), Mayotte in situ photographs N. Verneau, Dzaoudzi harbor at night, sand bottom, 3 m, and photographs of fishermen in front of mangrove ('Djarifa', fishing) det. J. Poupin from color pattern (three red/brown spots on posterior carapace) — IWP, Somalia, Mayotte (this work), South Africa to Japan, Guam, New Caledonia; subtidal to 78 m — Remarks - Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus hawaiiensis Stephenson, 1968 is elevated to species level, with distribution in Hawaii and French Polynesia, and different from Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) s.s. in Castro (2011; following Ng & Lai pers. com.). Other records of P. sanguinolentus s.s. in western Pacific (e.g. Guam, New Caledonia) should be checked for belonging to one or the other species.

Portunus sanguinolentus — Mayotte lagoon, Chiconi Bay, 26/04/2025, photo transmitted by Ocea Consult (Alban Massofernadez, Pierre Valade, Guillaume Borie), Marché OFB n° 2023-MAPA19).

Réunion data
Neptunus sanguinolentus - A. Milne-Edwards, 1862, annexe F : 2 (Réunion, coll. Maillard). - Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus sanguinolentus - Ng et al., 2008 : 152 (Synonymie et liste à jour des noms valides).

New Caledonia data
Guinot et al., 2013: 293 - Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783), male cl 58.0 mm, New Caledonia (MNHNB30928)
Nouvelle Caledonie, CH14 — Moosa MK.
Nouvelle Caledonie, CP2 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW16 — Moosa MK.
Lagon 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, DW1 — Moosa MK.

Comment(s) on data
Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus hawaiiensis Stephenson, 1968 is treated as a species distinct from Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) by Castro (2011), from Ng and Lai (pers. com.), with French Polynesian specimens also attributed to Portunus (Portunus) hawaiiensis Stephenson, 1968.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database