''Aethra'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Aethridae
The Aethridae are a family of crabs in their own superfamily, Aethroidea. It contains these genera (extinct genera marked †):
*'' Actaeomorpha'' Miers, 1877
*'' Aethra'' Latreille in Cuvier, 1816
*'' Drachiella'' Guinot, in Serene & Soh, 1976
* ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Aethra edentata''
Edmondson, 1951
* ''
Aethra scruposa''
(Linnaeus, 1764)
* ''
Aethra scutata''
Smith, 1869
* ''
Aethra seychellensis''
Takeda, 1975
* †''
Aethra stalennyii''
Ossó, 2018
References
Crabs
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