Speocarcinus
| Speocarcinus Temporal range: Late Miocene–Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Speocarcininae Števčić, 2005 |
| Genus: | Speocarcinus Stimpson, 1859 |
Speocarcinus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing six extant species,[1] and one fossil species[2] from the Late Miocene:[3]
- Speocarcinus carolinensis Stimpson, 1859
- Speocarcinus granulimanus Rathbun, 1894
- Speocarcinus lobatus Guinot, 1969
- Speocarcinus meloi D'Incao & Gomes da Silva, 1992
- Speocarcinus monotuberculatus Falder & Rabalais, 1986
- Speocarcinus spinicarpus Guinot, 1969
- † Speocarcinus berglundi Tucker et al., 1994
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ Annette B. Tucker, Rodney M. Feldmann and Charles L. Powell, II (1994). "Speocarcinus berglundi n. sp. (Decapoda: Brachyura), a new crab from the Imperial Formation (Late Miocene–Late Pliocene) of Southern California". Journal of Paleontology 68 (4): 800–807. JSTOR 1306148.
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