The Plagusiidae are a family of crabs, formerly treated as a subfamily of the family Grapsidae, but have since been considered sufficiently distinct to be a family in their own right.[2] The family Plagusiidae includes the subfamily Plagusiinae, comprising the genera Percnon and Plagusia, which constitute a widespread group of litophilic, intertidal and subtidal crabs that are notorious for their speed and their agility.[3]
| Plagusiidae | |
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| Percnon gibbesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Grapsoidea |
| Family: | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 [1] |
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Six genera are included in the family:[4]
- Davusia Guinot, 2007
- Euchirograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Guinusia Schubart & Cuesta, 2010
- Miersiograpsus Türkay, 1978
- Percnon Gistel, 1848
- Plagusia Latreille, 1804
References
edit- ^ "Plagusiidae Dana, 1851". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wilson, Kim A.; Gore, Robert H. (1980). "Studies on decapod crustacea from the Indian River region of Florida. XVII. Larval stages of Plagusia depress (Fabricius, 1775) cultured under laboratory conditions (Brachyura: Grapsidae)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 30 (4): 776–789. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2012). "Plagusiidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
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