''Dyspanopeus'' 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

Panopeidae The Panopeidae are a family (biology), family containing 26 genera of morphologically similar crabs, often known as "mud crabs". Their center of diversity, centers of diversity are the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean. Distribution Most ...

, comprising two species: Both species were formerly included in the genus ''

Panopeus Panopeus (), or Phanoteus (the name is given in a variety of forms in the ancient sources), was a Greek town of ancient Phocis, near the frontier of Boeotia, and on the road from Daulis to Chaeronea. Pausanias said that Panopeus was 20 stadia f ...

'', but were separated off into a segregate genus in 1986, based on the form of their

pleopod The anatomy of a decapod consists of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts: the cephalothorax and the pleon (abdomen). Each segment – often called a somite – may possess one pair of appendages, although in various groups these m ...

s, which differ markedly from those in ''Panopeus'' and other genera.

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Xanthoidea Decapod genera {{Xanthoidea-stub