Demania
Genus of crabs
| Demania | |
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| Demania cultripes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Demania Laurie, 1906 |
Demania is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1]
- Demania alcocki Deb, 1987
- Demania armadillus (Herbst, 1790)
- Demania baccalipes (Alcock, 1898)
- Demania crosnieri Serene, 1984
- Demania cultripes (Alcock, 1898)
- Demania garthi Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
- Demania intermedia Guinot, 1969
- Demania japonica Guinot, 1977
- Demania mortenseni (Odhner, 1925)
- Demania reynaudi (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
- Demania rotundata Serene, 1969
- Demania scaberrima (Walker, 1887)
- Demania serenei Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
- Demania splendida Laurie, 1906
- Demania toxica Garth, 1971
- Demania unispinosa Chen & Ng, 1999
- Demania wardi Garth & Ng, 1985
Many species are known to be toxic to humans and domestic animals and this genus of crabs should not be consumed.[2][3]
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ John S. Garth & Peter K. L. Ng (1985). "Notes on the genus Demania Laurie, 1906 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae)" (PDF). Indo-Malayan Zoology. 2: 293–308.
- ^ Alcala AC, Alcala LC, Garth JS, Yasumura D, Yasumoto T (1988). "Human fatality due to ingestion of the crab Demania reynaudii that contained a palytoxin-like toxin". Toxicon. 26 (1): 105–7. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(88)90142-0. PMID 2894726.
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