Discoplax
| Discoplax | |
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| Discoplax longipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Gecarcinidae |
| Genus: | Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 |
| Species | |
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Discoplax is a genus of terrestrial crabs.[1] It is very closely related to the genus Cardisoma.[2]
Five species are currently recognised:[3]
- Discoplax celeste Ng & Davie, 2012
- Discoplax gracilipes Ng & Guinot, 2001
- Discoplax hirtipes (Dana, 1852)
- Discoplax longipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Discoplax rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
References
- ↑ D. Bright & C. Hogue (1972). A synopsis of burrowing land crabs of the World and list of their arthropod symbionts and burrow associates (PDF). Contributions in Science. No. 220.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng & Peter J. F. Davie (2012). "The blue crab of Christmas Island, Discoplax celeste, new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (1): 89–100.