Biology:Daira (crab)

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Daira
Specimen of Daira perlata.JPG
Daira perlata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Dairoidea
Family: Dairidae
P.K.L. Ng & Rodríguez, 1986
Genus: Daira
De Haan, 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancer De Haan, 1833
  • Lagostoma H. Milne Edwards, 1834

Daira is a genus of crabs and is the only genus in the family Dairidae.[2]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species:[2]

  • Daira americana Stimpson, 1860
  • Daira coronata Beschin, 2005
  • Daira depressa Milne-Edwards, 1865
  • Daira eocaenica Lorenthey, 1898
  • Daira eocenica Di Salvo, 1933
  • Daira gabertii Milne Edwards, 1830
  • Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790)
  • Daira salebrosa Beschin et al., 2002
  • Daira sicula Di Salvo, 1933
  • Daira speciosa Reuss, 1871
  • Daira vulgaris Portell & Collins, 2004

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3012136 entry