| Romaleon | |
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| California rock crab, Romaleon antennarium | |
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| Romaleon jordani female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cancridae |
| Genus: | Romaleon Gistl, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Romaleon gibbosulus Rathbun, 1898 | |
Romaleon is a genus of marine crabs formerly considered in the genus Cancer.
Species
The genus, as currently circumscribed, contains seven species:
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856 Pacific, brown or California rock crab | North America. |
| Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926 Furrowed rock crab | Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Alaska, to Santa Catalina Islands, California | |
| Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833 | Japan to North China and Korea | |
| Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900 Hairy Rock Crab | Pacific coast | |
| Romaleon luzonense Sakai 1983 | Philippines, Sunda Strait | |
| Romaleon nadaense Sakai, 1969 | South China Sea | |
| Romaleon polyodon Poeppig, 1836 | Chile and Peru |
References
- ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer & Rodney M. Feldmann (2000). "Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species". Contributions to Zoology. 69 (4): 223–250. Also available as PDF.
- 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.
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| Romaleon | |
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