Percnon
| Percnon | |
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| Percnon gibbesi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Plagusiidae |
| Genus: | Percnon Gistel, 1848 [1] |
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Percnon is a genus of crabs. It is "doubtfully placed" in the family Plagusiidae,[2] and it has also been included in the family Grapsidae.[1]
Species
Six species are recognised:[2]
- Percnon abbreviatum (Dana, 1851)
- Percnon affine (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
- Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
- Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965
- Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)
- Percnon sinense Chen, 1977
References
- 1 2 "Percnon Gistel, 1848". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
- 1 2 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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