Arenaeus
Appearance
Arenaeus | |
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Arenaeus cribrarius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Portunidae |
Subfamily: | Portuninae |
Genus: | Arenaeus Dana, 1851 |
Arenaeus is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae. There are at least two described species in Arenaeus.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These two species belong to the genus Arenaeus:
- Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818) (speckled swimming crab)
- Arenaeus mexicanus (Gerstaecker, 1856)
References
[edit]- ^ "Arenaeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Arenaeus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Arenaeus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
[edit]- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.