Liocarcinus
| Liocarcinus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Liocarcinus marmoreus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Liocarcinus Stimpson, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Portunus holsatus Fabricius, 1798 | |
Liocarcinus is a genus of crabs, which includes the flying crab, the vernal crab and several other swimming crabs. It includes 12 species :[1]
- Liocarcinus bolivari (Zariquiey Alvarez, 1948)
- Liocarcinus corrugatus (Pennant, 1777) – wrinkled swimming crab
- Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758) – blue-leg swimming crab, harbour crab, sandy swimming crab
- Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) – flying crab
- Liocarcinus maculatus (Risso, 1827)
- Liocarcinus marmoreus (Leach, 1814) – marbled swimming crab
- Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst, 1794)
- Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815) – dwarf swimming crab
- Liocarcinus rondeletii (Risso, 1816)
- Liocarcinus subcorrugatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861)
- Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816) – vernal crab
- Liocarcinus zariquieyi Gordon, 1968
References
- ↑ 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
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