Palicus

Palicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Palicoidea
Family: Palicidae
Genus: Palicus
Philippi, 1838
Type species
Palicus granulatus Philippi, 1838

Palicus is a genus of stilt crabs in the family Palicidae.

Species

Twenty-two species are included in the genus :[1]

  • Palicus acutifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
  • Palicus affinis (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1880)
  • Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897
  • Palicus angustus Rathbun, 1897
  • Palicus bahamensis Rathbun, 1897
  • Palicus caronii (Roux, 1828)
  • Palicus cristatipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
  • Palicus cortezi (Crane, 1937)
  • Palicus cursor (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
  • Palicus dentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
  • Palicus depressus Rathbun, 1897
  • Palicus faxoni Rathbun, 1897
  • Palicus fragilis (Rathbun, 1894)
  • Palicus gracilipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
  • Palicus gracilis (Smith, 1883)
  • Palicus isthmia Rathbun, 1897
  • Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898
  • Palicus obesus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
  • Palicus sicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
  • Palicus tuberculata (Faxon, 1893)
  • Palicus velerae (Garth, 1939)
  • Palicus zonatus (Rathbun, 1894)

References

  1. ↑ 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.


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