Ranina

Ranina Temporal range: Paleogene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Ranina speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Raninidae
Genus:	Ranina Lamarck, 1801

Ranina is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Raninidae.

Ranina ranina is the only extant species. All the others are extinct.

Fossils of these crabs have been found in the sediments of United States, Mexico, Italy, Turkey and Australia from the Paleogene period to Recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 Ma).^[1]

Species[]

Species within this genus include:^[1][2]

• † Withers, 1924
• † Squires and Demetrion, 1992
• † Milne-Edwards, 1872
• † Lorenthey, 1898
• † Holland and Cvancara, 1958
• † Guppy, 1909
• † Rathbun, 1945
• † Milne-Edwards, 1872
• † Reuss, 1859
• † Schafhautl, 1863
• † Rathbun, 1945
• † Van Straelen, 1924
• † Munster, 1840
• † Sismonda, 1846
• † Woodward, 1866
• † Ristori, 1891
• † Rathbun, 1945
• Ranina ranina Linnaeus, 1758 (the only extant species)
• † Munster, 1840
• † Rathbun, 1926

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