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Paramedaeus

Paramedaeus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:Paramedaeus globosus Serène & Vadon, 1981 Paramedaeus megagomphios Davie, 1997 Paramedaeus octogesimus Ng & Clark, 2002 Paramedaeus planifrons Paramedaeus simplex

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Paramedaeus
Paramedaeus megagomphios
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Subfamily: Euxanthinae
Genus: Paramedaeus
Guinot, 1967

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

  • Paramedaeus globosus Serène & Vadon, 1981
  • Paramedaeus megagomphios Davie, 1997
  • Paramedaeus octogesimus Ng & Clark, 2002
  • Paramedaeus planifrons (Sakai, 1965)
  • Paramedaeus simplex (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873)
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. De Grave, Sammy (2019). "Paramedaeus Guinot, 1967". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 October 2024.