Moguai (crab)

Moguai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Camptandriidae
Genus: Moguai
C. G. S. Tan & Ng, 1999[1]

Moguai is a genus of crabs. The name comes from the Chinese pinyin, which literally means "devil". It contains three species:[2]

  • Moguai aloutos C. G. S. Tan & Ng, 1999
  • Moguai elongatum (Rathbun, 1931)[1]
  • Moguai pyriforme Naruse, 2005[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Shih, Hsi-Te. "Family Camptandriidae 猴面蟹科" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  2. ↑ Peter Davie (2009). "Moguai C. G. S. Tan & Ng, 1999". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ Naruse, Tohru (2005). "Species of Moguai Tan and Ng, 1999 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Camptandriidae) from brackish waters in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa (1044): 57–64.


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