Percnon

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Percnon
Percnon gibbesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Percnidae
Genus: Percnon
Gistel, 1848 [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acanthopus De Haan, 1833
  • Leiolophus Miers, 1876
  • Liolophus Alcock, 1876

Percnon is a genus of crabs in the family Percnidae.[1] It has also been included in the family Plagusiidae[2] as subfamily Percninae.[3]

Species[edit]

Seven extant species are recognised:[1]

There are two species only known from fossils:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Percnon Gistel, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Percnon Gistel, 1848". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; 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.