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Rafting Crabs
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Rafting Crabs

Plagusiidae

The Plagusiidae are a family of crabs, formerly treated as a subfamily of the family Grapsidae, but have since been considered sufficiently distinct to be a family in their own right. The family Plagusiidae used to include a subfamily Plagusiinae, comprising the genera Percnon and Plagusia, which constitute a widespread group of litophilic, intertidal and subtidal crabs that are notorious for their speed and their agility.

Six genera are currently included in the family:

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Guinusia

genusGuinusia

Plagusia

genusPlagusia

Davusia

genusDavusia

Euchirograpsus

genusEuchirograpsus

Miersiograpsus

genusMiersiograpsus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52475.