Panopeus (genus)

Panopeus is a genus of crabs, containing these extant species:[1]

• Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
• Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857
• Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983
• Panopeus boekei Rathbun, 1915
• Panopeus chilensis H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1843
• Panopeus convexus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
• Panopeus diversus Rathbun. 1933
• Panopeus harttii Smith, 1869
• Panopeus herbstii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
• Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
• Panopeus meridionalis Williams, 1983
• Panopeus obesus Smith, 1869
• Panopeus occidentalis Saussure, 1857
• Panopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877
• Panopeus rugosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
• Panopeus simpsoni Rathbun, 1930
• Panopeus turgidus Rathbun, 1930

Panopeus
Furrowed Mud Crab (Panopeus occidentalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Panopeidae
Genus:	Panopeus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Type species
Panopeus herbstii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834

A similar number of fossil species is also known.[2]

References

1. 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.
2. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.