Hyas (genus)

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Hyas
Hyas coarctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Oregoniidae
Genus: Hyas
Leach, 1814
Type species
Cancer araneus
Linnaeus, 1758

Hyas is a genus of oregoniid crabs, comprising five extant species:[1]

  • Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851
  • Hyas araneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815
  • Hyas lyratus Dana, 1851
  • Hyas ursinus Rathbun, 1924

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. 

External links

  • Media related to Hyas at Wikimedia Commons
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