| Telmessus cheiragonus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cheiragonidae |
| Genus: | Telmessus |
| Species: | T. cheiragonus |
| Binomial name | |
| Telmessus cheiragonus (Tilesius, 1815) | |
Telmessus cheiragonus is a species of crab of the family Cheiragonidae described by Tilesius in 1815. [1] A common name for the species is "helmet crab". [2]