Armases

Armases
Armases americanum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Sesarmidae
Genus:	Armases Abele, 1992

Armases is a genus of true crabs in the family Sesarmidae. There are about 13 described species in Armases. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Armases roberti

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Armases:

• Armases americanum (Saussure, 1858)
• Armases angustipes (Dana, 1852)
• Armases angustum (Smith, 1870)
• Armases benedicti (M. J. Rathbun, 1897)
• Armases cinereum (Bosc, 1802) (squareback marsh crab)
• Armases elegans (Herklots, 1851)
• Armases gorei (Abele, 1981)
• Armases magdalenense (Rathbun, 1918)
• Armases miersii (M. J. Rathbun, 1897)
• Armases occidentale (Smith, 1870)
• Armases ricordi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
• Armases roberti (H.Milne Edwards, 1853)
• Armases rubripes (Rathbun, 1897)

References

1. "Armases Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Armases". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Armases genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Abele, Lawrence G. (1992). "A Review of the Grapsid Crab Genus Sesarma (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) in America, with the Description of a New Genus". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (527): 1–60. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.527. hdl: 10088/5413 .
• Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN   0006-324X.