''Pyromaia'' is a
genus
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of
crab in the
family
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Inachoididae
Inachoididae is a family of crabs originally erected by James Dwight Dana in 1852. It was not recognised as a valid family until the early 1980s. Its members closely resemble those of the family Inachidae, and the Inachoididae could be recogni ...
, containing the following species:
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Pyromaia acanthina
''Pyromaia'' is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species:
*'' Pyromaia acanthina'' Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
*'' Pyromaia arachna'' Rathbun, 1924
*''Pyromaia cuspidata
''Pyromaia cuspidata'', also k ...
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Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
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Pyromaia arachna
''Pyromaia'' is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species:
*''Pyromaia acanthina'' Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
*'' Pyromaia arachna'' Rathbun, 1924
*''Pyromaia cuspidata'' Stimpson, 1871
*'' Pyromaia mexi ...
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Rathbun, 1924
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Pyromaia cuspidata
''Pyromaia cuspidata'', also known as the dartnose pear crab, is a species of crab in the family Inachoididae. This crab appears similar to '' Anasimus latus''. It is a long-legged crab with a trident-shaped rostrum, and occurs in Atlantic water ...
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Stimpson, 1871
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Pyromaia mexicana
''Pyromaia'' is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species:
*''Pyromaia acanthina'' Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
*''Pyromaia arachna'' Rathbun, 1924
*''Pyromaia cuspidata'' Stimpson, 1871
*'' Pyromaia mexic ...
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Rathbun, 1893
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Pyromaia propinqua
''Pyromaia'' is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species:
*''Pyromaia acanthina'' Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
*''Pyromaia arachna'' Rathbun, 1924
*''Pyromaia cuspidata'' Stimpson, 1871
*''Pyromaia mexica ...
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Chace, 1940
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Pyromaia tuberculata
''Pyromaia tuberculata'' is a species of crab in the family Inachoididae.
Taxonomy
''Pyromaia tuberculata'', also known as the fire crab, was first described by Lockington in 1877 off the coast of San Diego, California. The familial classific ...
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(Lockington, 1877)
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Pyromaia vogelsangi
''Pyromaia'' is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species:
*''Pyromaia acanthina'' Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
*''Pyromaia arachna'' Rathbun, 1924
*''Pyromaia cuspidata'' Stimpson, 1871
*''Pyromaia mexica ...
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Türkay, 1968
References
Majoidea
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