Discoplax rotunda

Species of crab

Discoplax rotunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Discoplax
Species:
D. rotunda
Binomial name
Discoplax rotunda
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [1]
Synonyms
  • Thelphusa rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Cardisoma frontalis H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Discoplax pagenstecheri Kossmann, 1878

Discoplax rotunda is a species of land crab in the genus Discoplax found in the Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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Extant Gecarcinidae species
Cardisoma
  • C. armatum
  • C. carnifex
  • C. crassum
  • C. guanhumi
Discoplax
  • D. gracilipes
  • D. longipes
  • D. magna
  • D. michalis
  • D. rotunda
Epigrapsus
  • E. notatus
  • E. politus
  • E. villosus
Gecarcinus
  • G. lateralis
  • G. quadratus
  • G. ruricola
  • G. nobilii
Gecarcoidea
  • G. lalandii
  • G. natalis
Johngarthia
  • J. cocoensis
  • J. lagostoma
  • J. malpilensis
  • J. oceanica
  • J. planata
  • J. weileri
Tuerkayana
  • T. celeste
  • T. hirtipes
  • T. magnum
  • T. rotundum
Taxon identifiers
Discoplax rotunda
Thelphusa rotunda


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