Panopeus (genus)
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Panopeus is a genus
of crab
s, containing the following extant species:
A similar number of fossil
species are also known.
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, containing the following extant species:
- Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857
- Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983
- Panopeus boekei Rathbun, 1915
- Panopeus chilensis H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1843
- Panopeus convexus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Panopeus diversus Rathbun. 1933
- Panopeus harttii Smith, 1869
- Panopeus herbstiiPanopeus herbstiiPanopeus herbstii is a true crab, belonging to the infraorder Brachyura, and is the largest of the mud crabs....
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 - Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
- Panopeus meridionalis Williams, 1983
- Panopeus obesus Smith, 1869
- Panopeus occidentalis Saussure, 1857
- Panopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877
- Panopeus rugosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Panopeus simpsoni Rathbun, 1930
- Panopeus turgidus Rathbun, 1930
A similar number of fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
species are also known.