Biology:Plagusia

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Plagusia
Plagusia dentipes - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07546.JPG
Plagusia dentipes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Plagusiidae
Genus: Plagusia
Latreille, 1804
Type species
Cancer depressus
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms [1]
  • Philyra De Haan, 1833 (preoccupied by Philyra Latreille, 1829)
Plagusia dentipes painted by Kawahara Keiga in the periode 1823 - 1829.

Plagusia is a genus of crabs in the family Plagusiidae, containing the following species:[2]

  • Plagusia depressa (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Plagusia immaculata Lamarck, 1818
  • Plagusia integripes Garth, 1973
  • Plagusia speciosa Dana, 1852
  • Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6496800 entry