Hyas (genus)

Hyas is a genus of oregoniid crabs, comprising five extant species:[1]

  • Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851
  • Hyas araneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815
  • Hyas lyratus Dana, 1851
  • Hyas ursinus Rathbun, 1924

Hyas
Hyas coarctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Oregoniidae
Genus:
Hyas

Leach, 1814
Type species
Cancer araneus
Linnaeus, 1758

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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