Reproductive Data for Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst)

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	continuous
development	zoea and megalopa larval stages
occurrence	muddy harbors and bays
references	(1) R.S. Nishioka in A Comparative Histology of the Male Reproductive System of Three Portunid Crabs, 1959, (2) E.P. Ryan in Reproductive Biology of the Haole Crab, 1965

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Arthropoda (sub-phylum Crustacea)
class	Malacostraca
order	Decapoda
family	Portunidae (Subfamily Caphrinae)
genus	Portunus
species	sanguinolentus (Herbst)
reproduction method	sexual