Biology:Percnon

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Short description: Genus of crabs


Percnon
Percnon gibbesi Linosa 053.jpg
Percnon gibbesi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Percnidae
Genus: Percnon
Gistel, 1848 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acanthopus De Haan, 1833
  • Leiolophus Miers, 1876
  • Liolophus Alcock, 1876

Percnon is a genus of crabs in the family Percnidae.[1] It has also been included in the family Plagusiidae[2] as subfamily Percninae.[3]

Species

Seven extant species are recognised:[1]

  • Percnon abbreviatum (Dana, 1851)
  • Percnon affine (Milne-Edwards, 1853)
  • Percnon gibbesi (Milne-Edwards, 1853)
  • Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965
  • Percnon pascuensis Retamal, 2002
  • Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)
  • Percnon sinense Chen, 1977

There are two species only known from fossils:[1]

  • Percnon paleogenicus De Angeli, 2023
  • Percnon santurbanensis Ceccon & De Angeli, 2019

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3899683 entry