Libystes

Libystes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Subfamily:	Carupinae
Genus:	Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Type species
Libystes nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Synonyms [1]
Carcinoplacoides Kesling, 1958

Libystes is a genus of crabs, containing six species:^[1]

• Libystes edwardsi Alcock, 1899
• Libystes lepidus Takeda & Miyake, 1970
• Libystes nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
• Libystes paucidentatus Stephenson & Campbell, 1960
• Libystes vietnamensis Tien, 1969
• Libystes villosus 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. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.