Biology:Planes (genus)

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Planes
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Recent
Planes minutus.jpg
Planes minutus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Planes
Bowdich, 1825
Type species
Planes clypeatus
Bowdich, 1825[1]
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • Nautilograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Planes is a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae that currently comprises three extant species:[2] Planes minutus (Linnaeus, 1758), Planes marinus Rathbun, 1914, and Planes major (=cyaneus) (MacLeay, 1838). A further fossil species is known[3] from the Middle Miocene of the Caucasus.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1891370 entry