Persephona

Persephona
Persephona mediterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Leucosiidae
Genus:	Persephona Leach, 1817

Persephona is a genus of true crabs in the family Leucosiidae. There are about 5 described species in Persephona. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Persephona aquilonaris
• Persephona crinita M. J. Rathbun, 1931
• Persephona mediterranea (J. F. W. Herbst, 1794) (mottled purse crab)
• Persephona punctata
• Persephona subovata

References

1. "Persephona Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
2. "Persephona Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

Further reading

• Melo, Gustavo A. S., Maria Fernanda A. Torres, and Oswaldo Campos Jr. / Paolo S. Young, ed. (1998). "Malacostraca - Eucarida, Brachyura, Dromiacea and Oxystomata". Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil, Série Livros no. 6, 439-454.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Persephona