Albunea (genus)

Albunea
Albunea carabus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Hippoidea
Family: Albuneidae
Genus: Albunea
Weber, 1795 [1]

Albunea is a genus of mole crab within the Albuneidae. Little is known about this group's biology. A. groeningi is named after Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons.[2]

The genus Albunea contains the following species:[3]

  • Albunea asymmetrica (Müller, 1979)
  • Albunea bulla Boyko, 2002
  • Albunea carabus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Albunea catherinae Boyko, 2002
  • Albunea cuisiana Beschin & De Angeli, 1984
  • Albunea danai Boyko, 1999
  • Albunea elegans A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898
  • Albunea elioti Benedict, 1904
  • Albunea galapagensis Boyko, 2002
  • Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859
  • Albunea groeningi Boyko, 2002
  • Albunea hahnae Blow & Manning, 1996
  • Albunea holthuisi Boyko & Harvey, 1999
  • Albunea lucasia de Saussure, 1853
  • Albunea marquisiana Boyko, 2000
  • Albunea microps Miers, 1878
  • Albunea occulta Boyko, 2002
  • Albunea okinawaensis Osawa & Fujita, 2007
  • Albunea paretii Guérin-Méneville, 1853
  • Albunea speciosa Dana, 1852
  • Albunea steinitzi Holthuis, 1958
  • Albunea symmysta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Albunea thurstoni Henderson, 1893
  • Albunea turritellacola Fraaije, van Bakel & Jagt, 2008

References

  1. "Albunea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. "My True Love Gave To Me … A Bat Species!". CBS News. December 9, 2008.
  3. Chris Boyko & Michael Türkay (2010). "Albunea Weber, 1795". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

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