| Plagusiidae | |
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| Guinusia chabrus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Grapsoidea |
| Family: | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 [1] |
| Genera | |
See text | |
The Plagusiidae are a family of crabs, formerly treated as a subfamily of the family Grapsidae, but have since been considered sufficiently distinct to be a family in their own right. [2] The family Plagusiidae used to include a subfamily Plagusiinae, comprising the genera Percnon and Plagusia , which constitute a widespread group of litophilic, intertidal and subtidal crabs that are notorious for their speed and their agility. [3]
Six genera are currently included in the family: [4]
- Caligoplagusia Fujita & Narusa, 2014
- Davusia Guinot, 2007
- Euchirograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Guinusia Schubart & Cuesta, 2010
- Miersiograpsus Türkay, 1978
- Plagusia Latreille, 1804
