Leucisca
Encyclopedia
Leucisca is a genus
of crab
s in the family
Leucosiidae
. The genus is endemic to South Africa.
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 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...
Leucosiidae
Leucosiidae
Leucosiidae is a family of crabs containing three subfamilies and a number of genera incertae sedis:Cryptocneminae Stimpson, 1907* Cryptocnemus Stimpson, 1858* Leucisca MacLeay, 1838* Lissomorpha Ward, 1933...
. The genus is endemic to South Africa.
Species
Species in the genus include:- Leucisca levigena George & M. Clark, 1976
- Leucisca rubifera (Müller, 1887)
- Leucisca squalina MacLeay, 1838