Hippa

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Hippa
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Hippa adactyla
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Hippa

Fabricius, 1787

Hippa is a genus of decapod crustaceans in the family Hippidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
  • Thallwitz, 1892
  • de Man, 1902
  • Hale, 1927
  • Holthuis & Manning, 1970
  • de Man, 1896
  • Borradaile, 1904
  • Dana, 1852
  • Haig, Murugan & Balakrishnan Nair, 1986
  • Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
  • Heller, 1861
  • Stimpson, 1860
  • Herbst, 1791
  • Miers, 1878

It is closely related to the genus Emerita, and species have often been transferred between the two genera.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Chris Boyko (2010). "Hippa Fabricius, 1787". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  2. ^ Pilar A. Haye; Yan K. Tam; Irv Kornfield (2002). "Molecular phylogenetics of mole crabs (Hippidae: Emerita)" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22 (4): 903–915. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0903:MPOMHE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549850.


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