Hippa
Appearance
Hippa | |
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Hippa adactyla | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Hippidae |
Genus: | Hippa Fabricius, 1787 |
Hippa is a genus of decapod crustaceans in the family Hippidae, containing the following species:[1]
- Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
- Hippa admirabilis Thallwitz, 1892
- Hippa alcimede de Man, 1902
- Hippa australis Hale, 1927
- Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & Manning, 1970
- Hippa celaeno de Man, 1896
- Hippa granulatus Borradaile, 1904
- Hippa hirtipes Dana, 1852
- Hippa indica Haig, Murugan & Balakrishnan Nair, 1986
- Hippa marmorata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
- Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- Hippa picta Heller, 1861
- Hippa strigillata Stimpson, 1860
- Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
- Hippa truncatifrons Miers, 1878
It is closely related to the genus Emerita, and species have often been transferred between the two genera.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Chris Boyko (2010). "Hippa Fabricius, 1787". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- ^ Pilar A. Haye; Yan K. Tam; Irv Kornfield (2002). "Molecular phylogenetics of mole crabs (Hippidae: Emerita)" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 22 (4): 903–915. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0903:MPOMHE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549850.