Parapinnixa

Parapinnixa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pinnotheridae
Genus:	Parapinnixa; Holmes, 1895
Synonyms
	Pseudopinnixa Holmes, 1894 nom. inval.

Parapinnixa is a genus of crab in the family Pinnotheridae. Originally described by Samuel Jackson Holmes as Pseudopinnixa, he published the replacement name Parapinnixa the following year, after learning of the senior homonym Ortmann, 1894.

The genus contains the following species:^[1]^[2]

Parapinnixa affinis Holmes, 1900 – California Bay pea crab
Rathbun, 1918
Rathbun, 1918
Thoma, Heard & Vargas, 2005
Campos, 1994
Garth, 1939
Rathbun, 1918
Werding & Müller, 1990
(Lockington, 1876)

References[]

^ 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.
^ P. Davie (December 1, 2010). "Parapinnixa Holmes, 1895". World Register of Marine Species.

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[Ng-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] P. Davie (December 1, 2010). "Parapinnixa Holmes, 1895". World Register of Marine Species.

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