PREVIOUS HIGHER LEVEL -- Family : PORTUNIDAE

Four to nine anterolateral teeth
inter orbital distance broader
basal joint of antenna usually broad and its anteroexternal angle lobulate
legs shorter than cheliped, last pair typically paddle shaped

Sub Family Portuninae

Two lateral teeth
inter orbital distance narrow
eyestalk strikingly long,orbits occupying whole anterior border of carapace

Sub Family Podophthalminae

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