Persephona
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| Persephona | |
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| Persephona mediterranea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Leucosiidae |
| Genus: | Persephona Leach, 1817 |
Persephona is a genus of true crabs in the family Leucosiidae. There are about 5 described species in Persephona.[1][2]
- Persephona aquilonaris
- Persephona crinita M. J. Rathbun, 1931
- Persephona mediterranea (J. F. W. Herbst, 1794) (mottled purse crab)
- Persephona punctata
- Persephona subovata
