kingdom Animalia > phylum Arthropoda > subphylum Crustacea > superclass Multicrustacea > class Malacostraca > subclass Eumalacostraca > superorder Eucarida > order Decapoda > suborder Pleocyemata > infraorder Brachyura > section Eubrachyura > subsection Heterotremata > superfamily Portunoidea > family Portunidae > subfamily Portuninae > genus Portunus > subgenus Portunus (Xiphonectes)
| Rank | Subgenus |
| Status | unaccepted |
| Aphia ID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439967 |
| Valid name | Xiphonectes |
| Valid Aphia ID | 450285 |
| Environments |
marine, |
This status of this taxon in WoRMS is unaccepted. The accepted taxon for Portunus (Xiphonectes) A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 is Xiphonectes.