Hyas (crab)

Hyas
Hyas coarctatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Oregoniidae
Genus:	Hyas Leach, 1814
Type species
Cancer araneus Linnaeus, 1758

Hyas is a genus of oregoniid crabs^[1] comprising five extant species:^[2]

• Hyas alutaceus Brandt, 1851
• Hyas araneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815
• Hyas lyratus Dana, 1851
• Hyas ursinus Rathbun, 1924

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. Supplement. 17: 1–286.
2. "Hyas Leach, 1814 [in Leach, 1813-1815]". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.