Leucisca

Leucisca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Leucisca
MacLeay, 1838
Type species
Leucisca squalina
MacLeay, 1838

Leucisca is a genus of crabs in the family Leucosiidae.[1] The genus is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Species

Species in the genus include:

  • Leucisca levigena George & M. Clark, 1976
  • Leucisca rubifera (Müller, 1887)
  • Leucisca squalina MacLeay, 1838

References

  1. ↑ Peter Davie (2011). "Leucisca MacLeay, 1838". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ K. H. Barnard (1950). "Descriptive catalogue of the South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps)". Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1–837.


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