Biology:Romaleon
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Short description: Genus of crabs
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| California rock crab, Romaleon antennarium | |
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| Romaleon jordani female | |
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| Genus: | Romaleon Gistl, 1848
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| Romaleon gibbosulus [1] Rathbun, 1898
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Romaleon is a genus of marine crabs formerly considered in the genus Cancer.[1]
Species
The genus, as currently circumscribed, contains seven species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856 Pacific, brown or California rock crab | North America. |
| Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926 Furrowed rock crab | Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Alaska, to Santa Catalina Islands, California | |
| Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833 | Japan to North China and Korea | |
| Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900 Hairy Rock Crab | Pacific coast | |
| Romaleon luzonense Sakai 1983 | Philippines, Sunda Strait | |
| Romaleon nadaense Sakai, 1969 | South China Sea | |
| Romaleon polyodon Poeppig, 1836 | Chile and Peru |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann (2000). "Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species". Contributions to Zoology 69 (4): 223–250. http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol69/nr04/art02. Also available as PDF.
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot; Peter 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 ☰ Q12901853 entry
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