Menippe | |
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Menippe mercenaria | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Menippidae |
Genus: | Menippe De Haan, 1833 |
Type species | |
Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798) |
Menippe is a genus of true crabs. [1] One of the best known species is the Florida stone crab. Most of the species of this genus are found in the Atlantic Ocean.
Menippe contains the following species: [2]