Hexapus
Sign in to saveHexapus is a genus of crabs in the family Hexapodidae. It contains only three extant species found in the Indo-West Pacific. They inhabit the intertidal and subtidal areas of shorelines.
Species
ヒメムツアシガニ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyHexapodidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Hexapodidae
- Collections
- QM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia, Ghana, Sierra Leone
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hexapodidae
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- taxon name
- Hexapus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Species
- Extant species
- Fossil species
- Excluded species
- References
Hexapus is a genus of crabs in the family Hexapodidae. It contains only three extant species found in the Indo-West Pacific. They inhabit the intertidal and subtidal areas of shorelines.
==Description==
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