Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:071B25E8-EA1E-416D-944D-7E32D5EE2DF0 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5309385 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/69338796-FF9F-A401-13E7-FC9751531BCF |
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Felipe |
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Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 |
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Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 View in CoL
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825: 184 View in CoL .
Diagnosis. Rostrum well developed to obsolete, if well-developed, broad, subtriangular, flattened. Supraocular spines present or absent. Carapace (excluding rostrum) longer than wide to wider than long; dorsal surface smooth or variously ornamented with faint striae or tubercles. Tailfan well developed, folded against preceding somite, telson distinctly subdivided into 5 or 7 plates. Eyes with well-developed cornea. Antennal peduncle directed laterally or posteriorly. Maxilliped 1 exopod flagellum well developed. Maxilliped 3 operculiform; ischium and merus elongate, broad, expanded mesially; epipod absent. Chelipeds flattened.
Remarks. De Grave et al. (2009) provide a checklist of extant and fossil porcellanid genera and Osawa & McLaughlin (2010) list the extant porcellanid species.
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Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825
| Ahyong, Shane T., Baba, Keiji, Macpherson, Enrique & Poore, Gary C. B. 2010 |
Porcellanidae
| Haworth, A. H. 1825: 184 |