Latreilliidae
| Latreilliidae | |
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| Eplumula phalangium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Homoloidea |
| Family: | Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 |
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Latreilliidae is a small family of crabs. They are relatively small, long-legged crabs found on soft bottoms at depths of up 700 metres (2,300 ft) in mostly tropical and subtemperate waters around the world.[1] The family and its type genus are named after Pierre André Latreille. It comprises seven extant species:[2]
- Eplumula Williams, 1982
- Eplumula australiensis (Henderson, 1888)
- Eplumula phalangium (De Haan, 1839)
- Latreillia Roux, 1830
- Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830
- Latreillia metanesa Williams, 1982
- Latreillia pennifera Alcock, 1900
- Latreillia valida De Haan, 1839
- Latreillia williamsi Melo, 1990
References
- ↑ Peter Castro, Austin B. William & Lara L. Cooper (2003). "Revision of the family Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)" (PDF). Zoosystema 25 (4): 601–634.
- ↑ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. 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.
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