Ranina

Genus of crabs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ranina is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Raninidae. It has two extant species.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Order:Decapoda
Suborder:Pleocyemata
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Ranina
Temporal range: Paleogene - Recent
Fossil of Ranina speciosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Raninidae
Subfamily: Ranininae
De Haan, 1839
Genus: Ranina
Lamarck, 1801
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Distribution

Fossils of these crabs have been found in the sediments of United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Australia from the Paleogene period to Recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 Ma).[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:[1][2]

  • Ranina americana Withers, 1924
  • Ranina berglundi Squires and Demetrion, 1992
  • Ranina bouilleana Milne-Edwards, 1872
  • Ranina brevispina Lorenthey, 1898
  • Ranina burleighensis Holland and Cvancara, 1958
  • Ranina cuspidata Guppy, 1909
  • Ranina elegans Rathbun, 1945
  • Ranina granulosa Milne-Edwards, 1872
  • Ranina haszlinskyi Reuss, 1859
  • Ranina hirsuta Schafhautl, 1863
  • Ranina lamiensis Rathbun, 1945
  • Ranina molengraaffi Van Straelen, 1924
  • Ranina oblonga Munster, 1840
  • Ranina palmea Sismonda, 1846
  • Ranina porifera Woodward, 1866
  • Ranina propinqua Ristori, 1891
  • Ranina quinquespinosa Rathbun, 1945
  • Ranina ranina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Ranina speciosa Munster, 1840
  • Ranina tejoniana Rathbun, 1926

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