Albunea (crab)

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Albunea
Messina Straits Albunea carabus.jpg
Albunea carabus
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Albunea

Weber, 1795 [1]

Albunea is a genus of mole crab within the Albuneidae. Little is known about this group's biology. A. groeningi is named after Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons.[2]

The genus Albunea contains the following species:[3]

  • (Müller, 1979)
  • Boyko, 2002
  • Albunea carabus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Boyko, 2002
  • Beschin & De Angeli, 1984
  • Boyko, 1999
  • A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898
  • Benedict, 1904
  • Boyko, 2002
  • Stimpson, 1859
  • Albunea groeningi Boyko, 2002
  • Blow & Manning, 1996
  • Boyko & Harvey, 1999
  • de Saussure, 1853
  • Boyko, 2000
  • Miers, 1878
  • Boyko, 2002
  • Osawa & Fujita, 2007
  • Guérin-Méneville, 1853
  • Dana, 1852
  • Holthuis, 1958
  • (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Henderson, 1893
  • Fraaije, van Bakel & Jagt, 2008

References[]

  1. ^ "Albunea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. ^ "My True Love Gave To Me … A Bat Species!". CBS News. December 9, 2008.
  3. ^ Chris Boyko & Michael Türkay (2010). "Albunea Weber, 1795". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

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