''Sakalia'' is a genus 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

Aethridae The Aethridae are a family of crabs in their own superfamily, Aethroidea. It contains these genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organism ...

, and was first described in 1981 by

Raymond Manning Raymond Brendan Manning (October 11, 1934 – January 18, 2000) was an American carcinologist, specialising in alpha taxonomy and mantis shrimp. His zoological author abbreviation is Manning or sometimes R.B. Manning. He has authored over 500 taxa. ...

and

Lipke Holthuis Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis (21 April 1921 – 7 March 2008) was a Dutch carcinologist, considered one of the "undisputed greats" of carcinology, and "the greatest carcinologist of our time". Holthuis was born in Probolinggo, East Java and obtained ...

. The following species are accepted by

WoRMS The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...

References

Crabs Decapod genera Taxa named by Raymond B. Manning Taxa named by Lipke Holthuis Crustaceans described in 1981 {{Eubrachyura-stub