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Latreillia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Decapoda

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Malacostraca

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Latreillia

Latreillia is a genus of crabs in the family Latreilliidae, comprising five species:

  • Latreillia elegans Roux, 1830
  • Latreillia metanesa Williams, 1982
  • Latreillia pennifera Alcock, 1900
  • Latreillia valida De Haan, 1839
  • Latreillia williamsi Melo, 1990
  • The name Latreillia honors Pierre AndrĂ© Latreille. A genus of flies was also given the same name and, as a junior homonym, was renamed Belvosia.

    References

    Latreillia Wikipedia