Discoplax

Discoplax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Grapsoidea
Family:	Gecarcinidae
Genus:	Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Species
Discoplax gracilipes Discoplax hirtipes Discoplax longipes Discoplax rotunda

Discoplax is a genus of terrestrial crabs.^[1] It is very closely related to the genus Cardisoma.^[2]

Four species are currently recognised:^[2]

• Discoplax gracilipes Ng & Guinot, 2001
• Discoplax hirtipes (Dana, 1852)
• Discoplax longipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
• Discoplax rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

References

1. ^ D. Bright & C. Hogue (1972) (PDF). A synopsis of burrowing land crabs of the World and list of their arthropod symbionts and burrow associates. Contributions in Science. No. 220. http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/013600-0.pdf. 
2. ^ ^{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. 

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