Libystes
Encyclopedia
Libystes is a genus
of crab
s, containing six 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...
s, containing six species:
- Libystes edwardsi Alcock, 1899
- Libystes lepidus Takeda & Miyake, 1970
- Libystes nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Libystes paucidentatus Stephenson & Campbell, 1960
- Libystes vietnamensis Tien, 1969
- Libystes villosus Rathbun, 1924