Atergatis (crab)

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Atergatis
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Atergatis floridus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Subfamily: Zosiminae
Genus: Atergatis
De Haan, 1833

Atergatis is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species: [1]

Six species are known from the fossil record, including three which are extinct. [2]

References

  1. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 via the National University of Singapore.
  2. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08.