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Panopeidae
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Specimen Records:630
Specimens with Sequences:643
Specimens with Barcodes:610
Species:14
Species With Barcodes:14
Public Records:570
Public Species:12
Public BINs:9
Panopeidae is a family containing 25 genera of morphologically similar crabs, often known as "mud crabs". Their centers of diversity are the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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Distribution[edit]
Most members of the family Panopeidae live in the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean. Only one species occurs in Australian waters – Homoioplax haswelli.[1]
Ecology[edit]
The various genera of Panopeidae are morphologically similar, partly as a result of many instances of convergent evolution to similar habitats and food preferences.[2]
Crabs of the family Panopeidae are all free-living (not commensal or parasitic),[1] and typically live in soft-bottomed parts of the ocean,[2] lending them the common name "mud crabs" (a name also shared by other organisms). They burrow into the sediment and feed on a variety of marine invertebrates.[2]
Genera[edit]
The family Panopeidae contains the following subfamilies and genera:[3]
- Eucratopsinae Stimpson, 1871
- Chasmophora Rathbun, 1914
- Cycloplax Guinot, 1969
- Cyrtoplax Rathbun, 1914
- Eucratopsis Smith, 1869
- Glyptoplax Smith, 1870
- Homoioplax Rathbun, 1914
- Malacoplax Guinot, 1969
- Odontoplax Garth, 1986
- Panoplax Stimpson, 1871
- Prionoplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Robertsella Guinot, 1969
- Tetraplax Rathbun, 1901
- Thalassoplax Guinot, 1969
- Panopeinae Ortmann, 1893
- Acantholobulus Felder & Martin, 2003
- Dyspanopeus Martin & Abele, 1986
- Eurypanopeus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Eurytium Stimpson, 1859
- Hexapanopeus Rathbun, 1898
- Lophopanopeus Rathbun, 1898
- Lophoxanthus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
- Metopocarcinus Stimpson, 1860
- Neopanope A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Panopeus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
- Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 1898
- Tetraxanthus Rathbun, 1898
References[edit]
- ^ a b c P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Panopeidae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19. Canberra, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 372–374. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9.
- ^ a b c C. D. Schubart, J. E. Neigel & D. L. Felder (2000). "Molecular phylogeny of mud crabs (Brachyura: Panopeidae) from the northwestern Atlantic and the role of morphological statis and convergence" (PDF). Marine Biology 137 (1): 11–18. doi:10.1007/s002270000325.
- ^ Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2012). "Panopeidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
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