Panopeus (genus)

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Panopeus
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Furrowed Mud Crab (Panopeus occidentalis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Panopeidae
Genus: Panopeus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Type species
Panopeus herbstii
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834

Panopeus is a genus of crabs, containing these extant species: [1]

A similar number of fossil species is also known. [2]

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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 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 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.