Hexapus
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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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Species
The following are the species classified under Hexapus.[1]
- Species marked with Template:Extinct are extinct
Extant species
- Hexapus bidentatus Velip & Rivonker, 2014
- Hexapus sexpes (Fabricius, 1798)
- Found from Cochin, southwest India to Phuket, Thailand and the Penang Strait of Malaysia
- Hexapus timika Rahayu & Ng, 2014
Fossil species
- Template:ExtinctHexapus decapoda (Morris & Collins, 1991)
- Template:ExtinctHexapus granuliformis Karasawa & Kato, 2008
- From Bolbe, Davao City, Philippines (Mandug Formation, early Pleistocene)[4]
- Template:ExtinctHexapus nakajimai Imaizumi, 1959
- From the Jōban Coal Field of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan (Nakayama Formation, Miocene)[5]
- Template:ExtinctHexapus pinfoldi Collins & Morris, 1978
- From the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan (Kirthar Formation, Lutetian)[6]
Excluded species
Hexapus estuarinus is now regarded as a junior synonym of Hexapus sexpes. In addition, the following the species has been transferred to other genera:[1][7][8]
- Hexapus anfractus (Rathbun, 1909) - Originally described as Lambdophallus anfractus, now accepted as Mariaplax anfracta
- Hexapus buchanani Monod, 1956 - Now accepted as Theoxapus buchanani
- Hexapus edwardsii Serène & Soh, 1976 - Now accepted as Hexapinus edwardsii
- Hexapus granuliferus Campbell & Stephenson, 1970 - Now accepted as Mariaplax granuliferus
- Hexapus latipes De Haan, 1835 - Now accepted as Hexapinus latipes
- Hexapus stebbingi Barnard, 1947 - Now accepted as Tritoplax stebbingi
- Hexapus stephenseni Serène & Soh, 1976 - Now accepted as Mariaplax stephenseni
- Hexapus williamsi Glassell, 1938 - Now accepted as Stevea williamsi
References
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