Percnon

Percnon
Percnon gibbesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Plagusiidae
Genus: Percnon
Gistel, 1848 [1]
Synonyms
  • Acanthopus De Haan, 1833
  • Leiolophus Miers, 1876
  • Liolophus Alcock, 1876

Percnon is a genus of crabs. It is "doubtfully placed" in the family Plagusiidae,[2] and it has also been included in the family Grapsidae.[1]

Species

Six species are recognised:[2]

  • Percnon abbreviatum (Dana, 1851)
  • Percnon affine (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
  • Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
  • Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965
  • Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)
  • Percnon sinense Chen, 1977

References

  1. 1 2 "Percnon Gistel, 1848". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.


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