Discoplax rotunda

Discoplax rotunda is a species of land crab in the genus Discoplax found in the Pacific Ocean.

Discoplax rotunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Discoplax
Species:
D. rotunda
Binomial name
Discoplax rotunda
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [1]
Synonyms
  • Thelphusa rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Cardisoma frontalis H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Discoplax pagenstecheri Kossmann, 1878

References
  1. 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.


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