Portunus pubescens (Dana, 1852)
| Some Portunid crabs from the Pacific and Indian Oceans in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution W Stephenson and M Rees (1967) Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120: 1-114 | |
| Numerical approaches to the relationships of certain American swimming crabs (Crustacea: Portunidae) (1968) Proceedings of The United States National Museum 124: 1-25 | |
| The brachyuran crabs of Easter Island John S Garth (1973) Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39: 311-336 | |
| Illustrated catalog for the decapod crustaceans of Chile M A Retamal (1981) Gayana Zoologia 44: 7-110 | |
| A new species and new records of Portunus (Decapoda: Portunidae) from northern Australia P J F Davie (1987) Memoirs of The Queensland Museum 25(1): 227-231 |