Panopeus (genus)

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Panopeus
Furrowed Mud Crab (11670912133).jpg
Furrowed Mud Crab (Panopeus occidentalis)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Panopeidae
Genus: Panopeus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Type species
Panopeus herbstii
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834

Panopeus is a genus of crabs, containing these extant species:[1]

  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Saussure, 1857
  • Williams, 1983
  • Rathbun, 1915
  • H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1843
  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Rathbun. 1933
  • Smith, 1869
  • Panopeus herbstii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
  • Williams, 1983
  • Smith, 1869
  • Panopeus occidentalis Saussure, 1857
  • Lockington, 1877
  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Rathbun, 1930
  • Rathbun, 1930

A similar number of fossil species is also known.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.


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