Palicus

Palicus is a genus of stilt crabs in the family Palicidae.

Palicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Palicoidea
Family:	Palicidae
Genus:	Palicus Philippi, 1838
Type species
Palicus granulatus Philippi, 1838

Species

Twenty-two species are included in the genus :[1]

Palicus acutifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Palicus affinis (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1880) Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897 Palicus angustus Rathbun, 1897 Palicus bahamensis Rathbun, 1897 Palicus caronii (Roux, 1828) Palicus cristatipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Palicus cortezi (Crane, 1937) Palicus cursor (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Palicus dentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Palicus depressus Rathbun, 1897

Palicus faxoni Rathbun, 1897 Palicus fragilis (Rathbun, 1894) Palicus gracilipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Palicus gracilis (Smith, 1883) Palicus isthmia Rathbun, 1897 Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898 Palicus obesus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Palicus sicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Palicus tuberculata (Faxon, 1893) Palicus velerae (Garth, 1939) Palicus zonatus (Rathbun, 1894)

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.