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Hexapus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Malacostraca

Family
  
Hexapodidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Decapoda

Similar
  
Decapoda, Goneplacidae, Palaeocarpilius

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Hexapus is a genus of crabs in the family Hexapodidae. It contains only three extant species found in the Indo-West Pacific. They inhabit the intertidal and subtidal areas of shorelines.

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Description

Like other members of the family, these crabs are easily recognizable due to the complete absence of the last pair of walking legs (pereiopods). They thus only have six walking legs (excluding the claws), unlike the usual eight. Their carapace is subquadrate, wider than it is long, with a rounded anterior.

Species

The following are the species classified under Hexapus.

Species marked with † are extinct

Extant species

  • Hexapus bidentatus Velip & Rivonker, 2014
  • Hexapus sexpes (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Hexapus timika Rahayu & Ng, 2014

    • Fossil species

  • †Hexapus decapoda (Morris & Collins, 1991)
  • †Hexapus granuliformis Karasawa & Kato, 2008
  • †Hexapus nakajimai Imaizumi, 1959
  • †Hexapus pinfoldi Collins & Morris, 1978

    • Excluded species

    Hexapus estuarinus is now regarded as a junior synonym of Hexapus sexpes. In addition, the following the species has been transferred to other genera:

  • Hexapus anfractus (Rathbun, 1909) - Originally described as Lambdophallus anfractus, now accepted as Mariaplax anfracta
  • Hexapus buchanani Monod, 1956 - Now accepted as Theoxapus buchanani
  • Hexapus edwardsii Serène & Soh, 1976 - Now accepted as Hexapinus edwardsii
  • Hexapus granuliferus Campbell & Stephenson, 1970 - Now accepted as Mariaplax granuliferus
  • Hexapus latipes De Haan, 1835 - Now accepted as Hexapinus latipes
  • Hexapus stebbingi Barnard, 1947 - Now accepted as Tritoplax stebbingi
  • Hexapus stephenseni Serène & Soh, 1976 - Now accepted as Mariaplax stephenseni
  • Hexapus williamsi Glassell, 1938 - Now accepted as Stevea williamsi

    • References

    Hexapus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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