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Paractaea

Paractaea is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:Paractaea excentrica Guinot, 1969 Paractaea garretti Paractaea indica Deb, 1985 Paractaea margaritaria Paractaea monodi Guinot, 1969 Paractaea nodosa Paractaea philippinensis Paractaea rebieri Guinot, 1969 Paractaea retusa Paractaea rufopunctata Paractaea secundarathbunae Guinot, 1969 Paractaea sulcata Paractaea tumulosa Paractaea typica Deb, 1989

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Paractaea
Paractaea rufopunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Subfamily: Actaeinae
Genus: Paractaea
Guinot, 1969

Paractaea is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:12

  • Paractaea excentrica Guinot, 1969
  • Paractaea garretti (Rathbun, 1906)
  • Paractaea indica Deb, 1985
  • Paractaea margaritaria (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)
  • Paractaea monodi Guinot, 19693
  • Paractaea nodosa (Stimpson, 1860)
  • Paractaea philippinensis (Ward, 1942)
  • Paractaea rebieri Guinot, 1969
  • Paractaea retusa (Nobili, 1905)
  • Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)
  • Paractaea secundarathbunae Guinot, 1969
  • Paractaea sulcata (Stimpson, 1860)
  • Paractaea tumulosa (Odhner, 1925)
  • Paractaea typica Deb, 1989
References

References

  1. 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.
  2. Ahyong, Shane T. (2024). "Paractaea Guinot, 1969". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. Kljajo, B.; Števčić, Z. (December 2000). "The Occurrence of Paractaea monodi Guinot, 1969 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) in the Adriatic Sea". Crustaceana. 73 (10): 1301. doi:10.1163/156854000505182. ISSN 0011-216X. JSTOR 20106403.