Alarconia

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Alarconia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Genus: Alarconia
Glassell, 1938

Alarconia is a genus of soft-bodied crab. [1]

There are two species recognized in this genus: [2]

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References

  1. Glassell, S.A. (1938). "New and obscure decapod Crustacea from the West American coasts". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 8: 411–454, pls. 27–36.
  2. WoRMS. "Alarconia Glassell, 1938". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-12-08.