Menippe (crab)

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Menippe
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Menippe

De Haan, 1833
Species [1]

Menippe adina
Menippe frontalis
Menippe hirtipes
Menippe mercenaria
Menippe nodifrons
Menippe obtusa
Menippe rumphii

Menippe is a genus of true crabs. One of the best known species is the Florida stone crab. Most of the species of this genus are found in the Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. ^ 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.