Percnon

Percnon

Percnon gibbesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Plagusiidae
Genus:	Percnon Gistel, 1848 ^[1]
Synonyms
Acanthopus De Haan, 1833 Leiolophus Miers, 1876 Liolophus Alcock, 1876

Percnon is a genus of crabs. It is currently "doubtfully placed" in the family Plagusiidae,^[2] and it has also been included in the family Grapsidae.^[1]

Species

Six species are currently recognised:^[2]

Percnon abbreviatum (Dana, 1851)
Percnon affine (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965
Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)
Percnon sinense Chen, 1977

References

^ ^a ^b "Percnon Gistel, 1848". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=99073. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
^ ^a ^b 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.