Menippe is a genus of true crabs.[1] One of the best known species is the Florida stone crab. Most of the species of this genus are found in the Atlantic Ocean.
| Menippe | |
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| Menippe mercenaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Menippidae |
| Genus: | Menippe De Haan, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798)
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Species
editMenippe contains the following species:[2]
- Menippe adina Williams & Felder, 1986
- †Menippe brevimanus Rathbun, 1945
- †Menippe burnsi Rathbun, 1935
- †Menippe cretacea Rathbun, 1935
- †Menippe floridana Rathbun, 1935
- †Menippe frescoensis Remy, 1960
- Menippe frontalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
- Menippe hirtipes (Lucas in Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853)
- †Menippe jacksonensis Rathbun, 1935
- Menippe mercenaria (Say, 1818)
- Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859
- Menippe obtusa Stimpson, 1859
- †Menippe oceanica Rathbun, 1945
- Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798)
- †Menippe zoque (Vega, Feldmann, García-Barrera, Filkorn, Pimentel & Avendano, 2001)
References
edit- ^ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (15 December 2022). "Menippe De Haan, 1833". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
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