Inachus (crab)
Encyclopedia
Inachus is a genus
of crab
, containing 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 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...
, containing the following species:
- Inachus aguiarii Brito Capello, 1876
- Inachus angolensis Capart, 1951
- Inachus biceps Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Inachus communissimus Rizza, 1839
- Inachus complectens (Rathbun, 1911)
- Inachus dorsettensis (Pennant, 1777)
- Inachus grallator Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Inachus guentheri (Miers, 1879)
- Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
- Inachus mauritanicus Lucas, 1846
- Inachus nanus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Inachus phalangiumInachus phalangiumInachus phalangium, Leach's spider crab, is a species of crab from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It is up to wide, and is very similar to other species in the genus Inachus.-Description:...
(Fabricius, 1775) - Inachus thoracicus Roux, 1830