Arenaeus

Arenaeus is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae. There are at least two described species in Arenaeus.[1][2][3]

Arenaeus
Arenaeus cribrarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Portunidae
Subfamily: Portuninae
Genus: Arenaeus
Dana, 1851

Species

These two species belong to the genus Arenaeus:

  • Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818) (speckled swimming crab)
  • Arenaeus mexicanus (Gerstaecker, 1856)

References

  1. "Arenaeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Arenaeus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

  • Media related to Arenaeus at Wikimedia Commons


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