Hymenosomatidae

Hymenosomatidae is a family of crabs with some 110 described species in nearly 20 genera.[1] The following genera are placed in the Hymenosomatidae:[2]

  • Amarinus
  • Apechocinus
  • Cancrocaeca
  • Crustaenia
  • Elamena
  • Elamenopsis
  • Guaplax
  • Halicarcinides
  • Halicarcinus
  • Halimena
  • Hymenicoides
  • Hymenosoma
  • Limnopilos
  • Micas
  • Neohymenicus
  • Neorhynchoplax
  • Odiomaris
  • Sulaplax
  • Trigonoplax

Hymenosomatidae
Amarinus lacustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Section:
Eubrachyura
Subsection:
Heterotremata
Superfamily:
Hymenosomatoidea
Family:
Hymenosomatidae

Macleay, 1838
Genera

See text

References
  1. Tohru Naruse; Peter K. L. Ng; Daniele Guinot (2008). "Two new genera and two new species of troglobitic false spider crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from Indonesia, with notes on Cancrocaeca Ng, 1991" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1739: 21–40.
  2. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.


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