Species FAO code: PVQ

Portunus validus

Image not available

Page contents

Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Belgium	fr Crabe fr Etrille nl Krab nl Zwemkrab	–
Czech Republic	cs Krabi cs Krabi	–
France	fr crabe	–
Greece	el Καβούρι Δυτικής Αφρικής	–
Italy	it Granchio atlantico	–
Portugal	pt Caranguejo pt Caranguejo-nadador	–
Spain	es Jaiba satinada	–
Sweden	sv Slät simkrabba	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Portunus validus (Herklots, 1851)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Portunus validus (Herklots, 1851)

Scientific name

Portunus validus

Author

(Herklots, 1851)

Rank

Species

FAO code

PVQ

Taxonomic classification

PhylumArthropoda
- SubphylumCrustacea
  - ClassMalacostraca
    - OrderDecapoda
      - InfraorderBrachyura
        FamilyPortunidae
        GenusPortunus
        SpeciesPortunus validus

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Portunus validus (Herklots, 1851)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0306 — Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption
  - Frozen
    - 0306 14 — Crabs
      - 0306 14 05 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - Other
        0306 14 90 — Other
  - Not frozen
    - 0306 24 — Crabs
      - 0306 24 10 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - Other
        0306 24 80 — Other
16 — CHAPTER 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 1605 — Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
  - 1605 10 00 — Crab

Share this page

Select your language

Portunus validus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Beach seines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 47 - Atlantic, Southeast