genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...
s in the family
Percnidae
Percnidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Grapsoidea
The Grapsoidea are a superfamily of crabs; they are well known and contain many taxa which are terrestrial (land-living), semiterrestrial (taking to the sea only for reproduction), ...
. It has also been included in the family
Plagusiidae
The Plagusiidae are a family (biology), family of crabs, formerly treated as a subfamily of the family Grapsidae, but have since been considered sufficiently distinct to be a family in their own right. The family Plagusiidae used to include a sub ...
Milne-Edwards Milne-Edwards is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885), French zoologist
* Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French ornithologist and carcinologist, a son of Henri Milne-Edwards
See also
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Percnon gibbesi
''Percnon gibbesi'' is a species of crab. It is one of at least two species commonly called Sally Lightfoot (the other being the semi-terrestrial ''Grapsus grapsus'' from the Pacific coast of the Americas), and is also referred to as the nimble s ...