Macropodia
Encyclopedia
Macropodia is a genus
of crab
s, belonging to the family
Inachidae
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s, belonging to the family
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...
Inachidae
Inachidae
Inachidae is a family of crabs, containing 39 genera:*Achaeopsis Stimpson, 1857*Achaeus Leach, 1815*Anisonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879*Anomalothir Miers, 1879*Bothromaia Williams & Moffitt, 1991...
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Species
Species known for this genus so far include:- Macropodia cirripilus Kensley, 1980
- Macropodia czernjawskii (Brandt, 1880)
- Macropodia deflexa Forest, 1978
- Macropodia doracis Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Macropodia falciferaMacropodia falciferaMacropodia falcifera, the Cape long-legged spider crab, is a species of marine crab which is found around the South African coast. It is a member of the family Inachidae.-Distribution:...
(Stimpson, 1857) - Macropodia formosa Rathbun, 1911
- Macropodia gilsoni (Capart, 1951)
- Macropodia hesperiae Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Macropodia intermedia Bouvier, 1940
- Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zariquiey Alvarez, 1964
- Macropodia longicornis A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899
- Macropodia longipes (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899)
- Macropodia longirostris (Fabricius, 1775)
- Macropodia macrocheles (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898)
- Macropodia parva Van Noort & Adema, 1985
- Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Macropodia straeleni Capart, 1951
- Macropodia tenuirostris (Leach, 1814)
- Macropodia trigonus Richer de Forges, 1993