Persephona

Persephona
Persephona mediterranea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Persephona
Leach, 1817

Persephona is a genus of true crabs in the family Leucosiidae. There are about 5 described species in Persephona.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Persephona Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. ^ "Persephona Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

Further reading

  • Melo, Gustavo A. S., Maria Fernanda A. Torres, and Oswaldo Campos Jr. / Paolo S. Young, ed. (1998). "Malacostraca - Eucarida, Brachyura, Dromiacea and Oxystomata". Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil, Série Livros no. 6, 439-454.


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