Plagusia
Encyclopedia
Plagusia is a genus of crab
s in the family
Grapsidae
, containing the following species:
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...
Grapsidae
Grapsidae
Grapsidae is a family of crabs known variously as marsh crabs, shore crabs or talon crabs. It is not confirmed that the family forms a monophyletic group and some taxa may belong in other families...
, containing the following species:
- Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Plagusia dentipes (De Haan, 1835)
- Plagusia depressa (Fabricius, 1775)
- Plagusia immaculata Lamarck, 1818
- Plagusia integripes Garth, 1973
- Plagusia speciosa Dana, 1852
- Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790)