Biology:Plagusiidae

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Short description: Family of crabs

Plagusiidae
Percnon gibbesi Linosa 053.jpg
Percnon gibbesi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Grapsoidea
Family: Plagusiidae
Dana, 1851 [1]
Genera

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The Plagusiidae are a family of crabs, formerly treated as a subfamily of the family Grapsidae, but have since been considered sufficiently distinct to be a family in their own right.[2] The family Plagusiidae includes the subfamily Plagusiinae, comprising the genera Percnon and Plagusia, which constitute a widespread group of litophilic, intertidal and subtidal crabs that are notorious for their speed and their agility.[3]

Six genera are included in the family:[4]

  • Davusia Guinot, 2007
  • Euchirograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Guinusia Schubart & Cuesta, 2010
  • Miersiograpsus Türkay, 1978
  • Percnon Gistel, 1848
  • Plagusia Latreille, 1804

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2129985 entry