Leucosia (genus)

Leucosia
Leucosia anatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Leucosia
Weber, 1795
Type species
Cancer craniolaris
Linnaeus, 1758

Leucosia is a genus of crabs in the family Leucosiidae, containing the following extant species:[1]

  • Leucosia affinis Bell, 1855
  • Leucosia anatum (Herbst, 1783)
  • Leucosia brevimana Bell, 1855
  • Leucosia brevior Ortmann, 1892
  • Leucosia compressa Shen & Chen, 1978
  • Leucosia corallicola Alcock, 1896
  • Leucosia craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Leucosia formosensis Sakai, 1937
  • Leucosia haswelli Miers, 1886
  • Leucosia jecusculum (Rathbun, 1911)
  • Leucosia laevimana Miers, 1884
  • Leucosia leslii Haswell, 1879
  • Leucosia longibrachia Shen & Chen, 1978
  • Leucosia longimaculata Chen & Fang, 1991
  • Leucosia margaritacea Bell, 1855
  • Leucosia moresbiensis Haswell, 1880
  • Leucosia ocellata Bell, 1855
  • Leucosia pacifica Poeppig, 1836
  • Leucosia phyllocheira White, 1847
  • Leucosia pulcherrima Miers, 1877
  • Leucosia punctata Bell, 1855
  • Leucosia reticulata Miers, 1877
  • Leucosia rubripalma Galil, 2003
  • Leucosia sima Alcock, 1896
  • Leucosia tetraodon Bouvier, 1914
  • Leucosia whitmeei Miers, 1875

References

  1. Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2012). "Leucosia Weber, 1795". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2012.


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