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Hapalogaster

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Hapalogaster
Hapalogaster grebnitzkii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Lithodidae
Subfamily: Hapalogastrinae
Genus: Hapalogaster
Brandt, 1850 [1]
Type species
Hapalogaster mertensii
Brandt, 1850

Hapalogaster is a genus of king crabs, containing the following four species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Hapalogaster cavicauda Stimpson, 1859 West Coast of the United States
Hapalogaster dentata (De Haan, 1849) Stone crab, spiny stone crab Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, coast of Mainland Japan
Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892
Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850

References

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  1. ^ von Brandt, Johann Friedrich (1850). "Vorlaüfige Bemerkungen über eine aus zwei noch unbeschreibenen Gattungen und arten gebildette Unterabtheilung (Hapalogastrica) der Teibus Lithodina begleitet von einer Charakteristik der eben genannten Tribus der Anomuren". Bulletin de la Classe physico-mathmatique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. 8 (16–17): 268–269.
  2. ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (2023). "Hapalogaster Brandt, 1850". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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