Cronius

Cronius
Cronius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Cronius
Stimpson, 1860
Species
  • Cronius ruber (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Cronius tumidulus (Stimpson, 1871)
Synonyms [1]
  • Charybdella Rathbun, 1897

Cronius is a genus of crabs containing the two species Cronius ruber and Cronius tumidulus.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  2. ^ Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2011). "Cronius Stimpson, 1860". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240940. Retrieved May 17, 2011.