Arenaeus
Arenaeus is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae. There are at least two described species in Arenaeus.[1][2][3]
| Arenaeus | |
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| Arenaeus cribrarius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Genus: | Arenaeus Dana, 1851 |
Species
These two species belong to the genus Arenaeus:
- Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818) (speckled swimming crab)
- Arenaeus mexicanus (Gerstaecker, 1856)
References
- "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
- 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.
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