Dyspanopeus | |
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Dyspanopeus sayi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Panopeidae |
Genus: |
Dyspanopeus Martin & Abele, 1986 |
Dyspanopeus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthoidea, comprising two species:
Both species were formerly included in the genus Panopeus, but were separated off into a segregate genus in 1986, based on the form of their pleopods, which differ markedly from those in Panopeus and other genera.