Chaceus

Chaceus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Chaceus caecus Rodriguez & Bosque, 1990
  • Chaceus cesarensis Rodriguez & Vilosia, 1992
  • Chaceus curumanensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
  • Chaceus davidi Campos & Rodriguez, 1984
  • Chaceus ibiricensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
  • Chaceus motiloni Rodriguez, 1980
  • Chaceus nasutus Rodriguez, 1980
  • Chaceus pearsei (Rathbun, 1915)
  • Chaceus turikensus Rodriguez & Herrera, 1994

Chaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:
Chaceus

Pretzmann, 1965

The genus' name commemorates Fenner A. Chace Jr.[2]

References
  1. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. Gerhard Pretzmann (1972). "Die Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea Brachyura)". Zoologica (in German). 42 (120): 1–182. ISBN 978-3-510-55004-3.


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