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Ranilia H. Milne Edwards 1837

  • 1. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. CEP 04263 - 000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Description

Genus Ranilia H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Type species. Ranilia muricata H. Milne Edwards, 1837, by monotypy [Type locality: Unknown]

Remarks. Besides its type species, the genus Ranilia is represented in the western Atlantic by a second species, R. constricta (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880). Ranilia guinotae Melo & Campos Junior, 1994, is placed here under the synonymy of R. constricta (see below).

Notes

Published as part of TAVARES, MARCOS & MENDONÇA, JOEL BRAGA DE JR., 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 5146 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7626155

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Biodiversity

Family
Raninidae
Genus
Ranilia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
H. Milne Edwards
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ranilia Edwards, 1837 sec. TAVARES & MENDONÇA, 2022

References

  • Milne-Edwards, A. (1880) Etudes preliminaires sur les crustaces. In: Reports on the Results of Dredging, under the Supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877, ' 78, ' 79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer " Blake, " Lieut. - Commander C D. Sigsbeee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., Commanding, VIII. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, 8 (1), 1 - 68.
  • Melo, G. A. S. de & Campos Junior, O. (1994) O genero Ranilia H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Raninidae) no litoral brasileiro, e descricao de uma nova especie. Iheringia, 77, 63 - 75.