Panopeus (genus)

Panopeus is a genus of crabs, containing these extant species:[1]

  • Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857
  • Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983
  • Panopeus boekei Rathbun, 1915
  • Panopeus chilensis H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1843
  • Panopeus convexus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Panopeus diversus Rathbun. 1933
  • Panopeus harttii Smith, 1869
  • Panopeus herbstii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
  • Panopeus meridionalis Williams, 1983
  • Panopeus obesus Smith, 1869
  • Panopeus occidentalis Saussure, 1857
  • Panopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877
  • Panopeus rugosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Panopeus simpsoni Rathbun, 1930
  • Panopeus turgidus Rathbun, 1930

Panopeus
Furrowed Mud Crab (Panopeus occidentalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Panopeidae
Genus: Panopeus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Type species
Panopeus herbstii
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834

A similar number of fossil species is also known.[2]

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.
  2. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.


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