Hapalogastridae
Encyclopedia
Hapalogastridae is a family
of decapod
crustacean
s, containing the following species:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of decapod
Decapoda
The decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. It is estimated that the order contains nearly 15,000 species in around 2,700 genera, with...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, containing the following species:
- Acantholithodes Holmes, 1895
- Acantholithodes hispidus (Stimpson, 1860)
- Dermaturus Brandt, 1850
- Dermaturus mandtii Brandt, 1850 — wrinkled crab
- Hapalogaster Brandt, 1850
- Hapalogaster cavicaudaHapalogaster cavicaudaHapalogaster cavicauda is a species of king crab that lives on the Pacific coast of North America.-Description:Hapalogaster cavicauda is a flattened, crab-like crustacean. It grows to a carapace width of , and is covered in setae...
Stimpson, 1859 - Hapalogaster dentata (De Haan, 1849)
- Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892
- Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850
- Hapalogaster cavicauda
- OedignathusOedignathusOedignathus inermis is a species of king crab found off the Pacific coasts of the United States and Canada, from California to Alaska, and disjunctly around the coasts of Japan...
Benedict, 1895- Oedignathus inermis (Stimpson, 1860) — granular claw crab
- PlacetronPlacetronPlacetron wosnessenskii, common name the scaled crab, is a species of king crab found in most waters off North America's west coast. It is the only species in the genus Placetron.- Description :...
Schalfeew, 1892- Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892 — scaled crab