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Princeton's WordNet
Portunus, genus Portunusnoun
type genus of the family Portunidae
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Portunus
Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus and the Gazami crab, P. trituberculatus. Other species, such as the three-spotted crab (P. sanguinolentus) are caught as bycatch. The genus Portunus contains more than 90 extant species and over 40 further species known only from fossils.Fossils of crabs within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and Australia from Paleogene to recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 million years ago).The extant species are as follows:
ChatGPT
portunus
Portunus is the name of the ancient Roman god of doors, keys, livestock, and ports. It is also a genus of swimming crabs, known as the "harbor crabs".
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Portunus
Portunus is a genus of crab which includes several important species for fisheries, such as the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus and the Gazami crab, P. trituberculatus. The genus Portunus contains more than 90 extant species and over 40 further species known only from fossils. The extant species are as follows:
Mythology
Portunus
(Portu′nus) (Palaemon), son of Ino, was the Roman god of harbors.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Portunus in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Portunus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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