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| Latreillia | |
|---|---|
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| Latreillia valida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Latreilliidae |
| Genus: | Latreillia Roux, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830 | |
Latreillia is a genus of crabs in the family Latreilliidae, comprising five species:[1][2]
- Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830
- Latreillia metanesa Williams, 1982
- Latreillia pennifera Alcock, 1900
- Latreillia valida De Haan, 1839
- Latreillia williamsi Melo, 1990
The name Latreillia honors Pierre André Latreille. A genus of flies was also given the same name and, as a junior homonym, was renamed Belvosia.
References
[edit]- ↑ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
- ↑ De Grave, Sammy (26 September 2022). "Latreillia Roux, 1830". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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