Latreillia
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For the fly genus "Latreillia", see Belvosia.
| Latreillia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Latreilliidae |
| Genus: | Latreillia Roux, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830 |
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Latreillia is a genus of crabs in the family Latreilliidae, comprising five species:[1]
- Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830
- Latreillia metanesa Williams, 1982
- Latreillia pennifera Alcock, 1900
- Latreillia valida De Haan, 1839
- Latreillia williamsi Melo, 1990
The name Latreillia honors Pierre André Latreille. A genus of flies also was also given the same name and, as a junior homonym, was renamed Belvosia.
[edit] References
- ^ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
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