Romaleon

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Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Brachyura Scientific name Romaleon Higher classification Cancridae Order Decapoda		Subphylum Crustacea Family Cancridae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus

Similar Crab, Cancridae, Romaleon polyodon, Decapoda, Crustacean

Rock crab romaleon antennarium

Romaleon is a genus of marine crabs formerly considered in the genus Cancer.

The genus, as currently circumscribed, contains seven species:

Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856

Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926

Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833

Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900

Romaleon luzonense Sakai 1983

Romaleon nadaense Sakai, 1969

Romaleon polyodon Poeppig, 1836

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