Chaceus

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Chaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Chaceus
Pretzmann, 1965

Chaceus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Chaceus caecus Rodriguez & Bosque, 1990
  • Chaceus cesarensis Rodriguez & Vilosia, 1992
  • Chaceus curumanensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
  • Chaceus davidi Campos & Rodriguez, 1984
  • Chaceus ibiricensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
  • Chaceus motiloni Rodriguez, 1980
  • Chaceus nasutus Rodriguez, 1980
  • Chaceus pearsei (Rathbun, 1915)
  • Chaceus turikensus Rodriguez & Herrera, 1994

The genus' name commemorates Fenner A. Chace, Jr.[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. Gerhard Pretzmann (1972). "Die Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea Brachyura)". Zoologica (in German) 42 (120): 1–182. ISBN 978-3-510-55004-3. 


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