Palicus

Palicus is a genus of stilt crabs in the family Palicidae.

Palicus

Palicus fisheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Palicidae
Genus:	Palicus Philippi, 1838
Type species
Palicus granulatus Philippi, 1838

Species

Twenty-two species are included in the genus :[1]

Palicus acutifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Palicus affinis (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1880)
Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897
Palicus angustus Rathbun, 1897
Palicus bahamensis Rathbun, 1897
Palicus caronii (Roux, 1828)
Palicus cristatipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Palicus cortezi (Crane, 1937)
Palicus cursor (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Palicus dentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Palicus depressus Rathbun, 1897

Palicus faxoni Rathbun, 1897
Palicus fragilis (Rathbun, 1894)
Palicus gracilipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Palicus gracilis (Smith, 1883)
Palicus isthmia Rathbun, 1897
Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898
Palicus obesus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Palicus sicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Palicus tuberculata (Faxon, 1893)
Palicus velerae (Garth, 1939)
Palicus zonatus (Rathbun, 1894)

References

Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.

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