Biology:Menippe (crab)

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Menippe
Menippe mercenaria
Scientific classification e
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Malacostraca
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Decapoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Pleocyemata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Brachyura
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Menippidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Menippe
De Haan, 1833
Species[1]

Menippe adina
Menippe frontalis
Menippe hirtipes
Menippe mercenaria
Menippe nodifrons
Menippe obtusa
Menippe rumphii

Menippe is a genus of true crabs. One of the best known species is the Florida stone crab. Most of the species of this genus are found in the Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. 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". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6497159 entry