Latreilliidae
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Latreilliidae is a small family
of crab
s. They are relatively small long-legged crabs found on soft bottoms at depths of up 700 metres (2,296.6 ft) in mostly tropical and subtemperate waters around the world. The family and its type genus
are named after Pierre André Latreille
. It comprises seven extant species:
Eplumula Williams, 1982
Latreillia
Roux, 1830
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. They are relatively small long-legged crabs found on soft bottoms at depths of up 700 metres (2,296.6 ft) in mostly tropical and subtemperate waters around the world. The family and its type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
are named after Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
. It comprises seven extant species:
Eplumula Williams, 1982
- Eplumula australiensis (Henderson, 1888)
- Eplumula phalangium (De Haan, 1839)
Latreillia
Latreillia
Latreillia can refer to:*Latreillia , a genus of crabs in the family Latreilliidae*Latreillia, a name applied to a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae; see Belvosia...
Roux, 1830
- Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830
- Latreillia metanesa Williams, 1982
- Latreillia pennifera Alcock, 1900
- Latreillia valida De Haan, 1839
- Latreillia williamsi Melo, 1990