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Parapinnixa is a genus of crabs in the family Parapinnixidae. Originally described by Samuel Jackson Holmes as Pseudopinnixa, he published the replacement name Parapinnixa the following year, after learning of the senior homonym Pseudopinnixa Ortmann, 1894.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyParapinnixidae
Habitatmarine

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Specimen records
10
Family
Parapinnixidae
Collections
USNM, ALMNH, NCSM, LACM, FWRI
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Japan

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pinnotheridae
Image
FMIB 38985 Parapinnixa beaufortensis, dorsal view Type.jpeg
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Commons category
Parapinnixa
taxon name
Parapinnixa
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Parapinnixa
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Parapinnixa is a genus of crabs in the family Parapinnixidae. Originally described by Samuel Jackson Holmes as Pseudopinnixa, he published the replacement name Parapinnixa the following year, after learning of the senior homonym Pseudopinnixa Ortmann, 1894.

The genus contains the following species: Parapinnixa affinis Holmes, 1900 – California Bay pea crab Parapinnixa beaufortensis Rathbun, 1918 Parapinnixa bouvieri Rathbun, 1918 Parapinnixa cortesi Thoma, Heard & Vargas, 2005 Parapinnixa cubana Campos, 1994 Parapinnixa glasselli Garth, 1939 Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun, 1918 Parapinnixa magdalenensis Werding & Müller, 1990 Parapinnixa nitida (Lockington, 1876)

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