Biology:Panopeidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 [1] |
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Eucratopsidae Stimpson, 1871 (nom. rej.) | |
The Panopeidae are a family containing 26 genera of morphologically similar crabs, often known as "mud crabs". Their centers of diversity are the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
Distribution
Most members of the family Panopeidae live in the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean. Only one species occurs in Australia n waters – Homoioplax haswelli.[2]
Ecology
The various genera of the Panopeidae are morphologically similar, partly as a result of many instances of convergent evolution to similar habitats and food preferences.[3]
Crabs of the family Panopeidae are all free-living (not commensal or parasitic),[2] and typically live in soft-bottomed parts of the ocean,[3] lending them the common name "mud crabs" (a name also shared by other organisms). They burrow into the sediment and feed on a variety of marine invertebrates.[3]
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists these subfamilies and genera:[1]
Eucratopsinae Stimpson, 1871
- Chasmophora Rathbun, 1914
- Cycloplax Guinot, 1969
- Cyrtoplax Rathbun, 1914
- Eucratopsis Smith, 1869
- Glyptoplax Smith, 1870
- Homoioplax Rathbun, 1914
- Malacoplax Guinot, 1969
- Odontoplax Garth, 1986
- Panoplax Stimpson, 1871
- Prionoplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Robertsella Guinot, 1969
- Tetraplax Rathbun, 1901
- Thalassoplax Guinot, 1969
Panopeinae Ortmann, 1893
- Acantholobulus Felder & Martin, 2003
- Dyspanopeus Martin & Abele, 1986
- Eurypanopeus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Eurytium Stimpson, 1859
- Hexapanopeus Rathbun, 1898
- Lithopanopeus Felder & Thoma, 2020[4]
- Lophopanopeus Rathbun, 1898
- Lophoxanthus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
- Metopocarcinus Stimpson, 1860
- Neopanope A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Panopeus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
- Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 1898
- Tetraxanthus Rathbun, 1898
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Davie, P. (2015). "Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106765.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Panopeidae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 19. Canberra, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 372–374. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=jr9SR1Cr5BAC&pg=PA372.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 C. D. Schubart, J. E. Neigel & D. L. Felder (2000). "Molecular phylogeny of mud crabs (Brachyura: Panopeidae) from the northwestern Atlantic and the role of morphological statis and convergence" (PDF). Marine Biology 137 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1007/s002270000325. http://www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Zoologie/Heinze/Staff/ChristophSchubart/pdf/MarBiol-2000.pdf.
- ↑ Felder, Darryl L.; Thoma, Brent P. (2020-09-03). "A new genus and species of mud crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Panopeidae) from shoreline waters of the western Gulf of Mexico" (in en). Zootaxa 4845 (3): 425–435. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4845.3.7. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4845.3.7.
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