Leucisca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Subfamily: Cryptocneminae
Genus: Leucisca
MacLeay, 1838
Type species
Leucisca squalina
MacLeay, 1838

Leucisca is a genus of crabs in the family Leucosiidae.[1] The genus is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Species

Species in the genus include:

  • Leucisca levigena George & M. Clark, 1976
  • Leucisca rubifera (Müller, 1887)
  • Leucisca squalina MacLeay, 1838

References

  1. Peter Davie (2011). "Leucisca MacLeay, 1838". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  2. K. H. Barnard (1950). "Descriptive catalogue of the South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps)". Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1–837.
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