Parapinnixa
Sign in to saveParapinnixa 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
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyParapinnixidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Parapinnixidae
- Collections
- USNM, ALMNH, NCSM, LACM, FWRI
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Japan
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pinnotheridae
- Image
- FMIB 38985 Parapinnixa beaufortensis, dorsal view Type.jpeg
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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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