Pugettia
Encyclopedia
Pugettia is a genus
of kelp
crab
s, in the family
Epialtidae
. It comprises the following species:
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 kelp
Kelp
Kelps are large seaweeds belonging to the brown algae in the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera....
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, in 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...
Epialtidae
Epialtidae
Epialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies:* Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838* Pisinae Dana, 1851* Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994* Tychinae Dana, 1851...
. It comprises the following species:
- Pugettia dalli Rathbun, 1894 – spined kelp crab
- Pugettia elongata Yokoya, 1933
- Pugettia gracilis Dana, 1851 – graceful kelp crab
- Pugettia hubbsi Garth, 1958
- Pugettia incisa (De Haan, 1839)
- Pugettia intermedia Sakai, 1938
- Pugettia kagoshimensis Rathbun, 1933
- Pugettia leytensis Rathbun, 1916
- Pugettia marissinica Takeda & Miyake, 1972
- Pugettia mindanaoensis Rathbun, 1916
- Pugettia minor Ortmann, 1893
- Pugettia nipponensis Rathbun, 1932
- Pugettia pellucens Rathbun, 1932
- Pugettia productusPugettia productusPugettia productus, known as the northern kelp crab or shield-backed kelp crab, is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae.-Description:...
(Randall, 1840) – northern kelp crab or shield-backed kelp crab - Pugettia quadridens (De Haan, 1839)
- Pugettia richii Dana, 1851 – cryptic kelp crab
- Pugettia similis Rathbun, 1932
- Pugettia tasmanensis Richer de Forges, 1993
- Pugettia venetiae Rathbun, 1924 – Venice kelp crab