Plagusiidae

The Plagusiidae are a family of crabs, formerly treated as a subfamily of the family Grapsidae, but have since been considered sufficiently distinct to be a family in their own right.[2] The family Plagusiidae includes the subfamily Plagusiinae, comprising the genera Percnon and Plagusia, which constitute a widespread group of litophilic, intertidal and subtidal crabs that are notorious for their speed and their agility.[3]

Plagusiidae
Percnon gibbesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Superfamily:
Grapsoidea
Family:
Plagusiidae

Dana, 1851 [1]
Genera

See text

Six genera are included in the family:[4]

  • Davusia Guinot, 2007
  • Euchirograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Guinusia Schubart & Cuesta, 2010
  • Miersiograpsus Türkay, 1978
  • Percnon Gistel, 1848
  • Plagusia Latreille, 1804

References
  1. "Plagusiidae Dana, 1851". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  2. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  3. Wilson, Kim A.; Gore, Robert H. (1980). "Studies on decapod crustacea from the Indian River region of Florida. XVII. Larval stages of Plagusia depress (Fabricius, 1775) cultured under laboratory conditions (Brachyura: Grapsidae)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 30 (4): 776–789. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2012). "Plagusiidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 11, 2012.


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