Herbstia

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Herbstia
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Herbstia condyliata
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Herbstia

Type species
Cancer condyliatus
Fabricius, 1787

Herbstia is a genus of crabs, containing the following eleven species: [1]

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References

  1. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.