Hymenosomatidae
Encyclopedia
Hymenosomatidae is a family
of crab
s with some 110 described species in nearly 20 genera. The following genera are placed in the Hymenosomatidae:
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 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 with some 110 described species in nearly 20 genera. The following genera are placed in the Hymenosomatidae:
- Amarinus
- Apechocinus
- Cancrocaeca
- Crustaenia
- Elamena
- Elamenopsis
- Guaplax
- Halicarcinides
- Halicarcinus
- Halimena
- Hymenicoides
- Hymenosoma
- Limnopilos
- Micas
- Neohymenicus
- Neorhynchoplax
- Odiomaris
- Sulaplax
- Trigonoplax