| Citation | Lai, J.C.Y., P.K.L. Ng and P.J.F. Davie, 2010 A revision of the Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) species complex (Crustacea: Brachyura: Portunidae), with the recognition of four species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58(2):199-237. |
| Ref. | 111207 Lai, J.C.Y., P.K.L. Ng and P.J.F. Davie, 2010 |
| Page | 218 |
| Named Used as Valid | Portunus reticulatus |
| Locality | "Das Vaterland ist Ostindien" (somewhere within the region stretching from the east coast of India to the Indo-Malayan Archipelago). |
| Distribution | Indian Ocean: appears to be restricted to the Bay of Bengal, so far only known off Sri Lanka, and from the Andaman coast of southern Thailand. |