Dynomenidae
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Dynomenidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Dromioidea mostly found in Madagascar. There are nineteen genera in this family: five extant and fourteen known from fossils:[2]
- A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Desmarest, 1823
- Hirsutodynomene McLay, 1999
- McLay, 1999
- Sakai, 1963
- † Schweitzer et al., 2003
- † M'Coy, 1849
- † Bittner, 1883
- † Reuss, 1858
- † Secretan, 1972
- † Beschin et al., 2007
- † Checchia-Rispoli, 1905
- † Roemer, 1887
- † Davidson, 1966
- † Martins-Neto, 2001
- † Müller & Collins, 1991
- † Bosquet, 1854
- † Collins & Donovan, 2006
- † Bishop, 1988
References[]
- ^ Ortmann, 1892 : Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. V Theil. Die Abtheilungen Hippidea, Dromiidea und Oxystomata. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, vol. 6, p. 532–588.
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
Further reading[]
- Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
External links[]
- World Register of Marine Species link: Dynomenidae (+species list)
- "Dynomenidae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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