Biology:Leucisca

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Leucisca
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Subfamily: Cryptocneminae
Genus: Leucisca
MacLeay, 1838
Type species
Leucisca squalina
MacLeay, 1838

Leucisca is a genus of crabs in the family Leucosiidae.[1] The genus is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Species

Species in the genus include:

References

  1. Peter Davie (2011). "Leucisca MacLeay, 1838". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439424. Retrieved March 15, 2011. 
  2. K. H. Barnard (1950). "Descriptive catalogue of the South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps)". Annals of the South African Museum 38: 1–837. 

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