Libinia

Libinia
Libinia emarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epialtidae
Genus: Libinia
Leach, 1815
Type species
Libinia emarginata
Leach, 1815

Libinia is a genus of crabs in the family Epialtidae, containing twelve extant species:[1]

  • Libinia bellicosa Oliviera, 1944
  • Libinia cavirostris Chace, 1942
  • Libinia dubia H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • Libinia erinacea (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
  • Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815
  • Libinia ferreirae De Brito Capello, 1871
  • Libinia mexicana Rathbun, 1892
  • Libinia peruana Garth, 1983
  • Libinia rhomboidea Streets, 1870
  • Libinia rostrata Bell, 1835
  • Libinia setosa Lockington, 1877
  • Libinia spinosa H. Milne-Edwards, 1834

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.