Progeryonidae

Progeryonidae is a small family of crabs in the order Decapoda. These crabs were until 2005 included in the Goneplacidae as part of the subfamily Carcinoplacinae.[1] Three genera are included:

  • Paragalene Kossmann, 1878
  • Progeryon Bouvier, 1922
  • Rhadinoplax Castro & Ng, 2008

Progeryonidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Section:
Eubrachyura
Subsection:
Heterotremata
Superfamily:
Goneplacoidea
Family:
Progeryonidae

Števčić, 2005

References
  1. Peter K. L. Ng & Marivene R. Manuel-Santos (2007). "Establishment of the Vultocinidae, a new family for an unusual new genus and new species of Indo-West Pacific crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea), with comments on the taxonomy of the Goneplacidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1558: 39–68.


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