Epilobocera
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''Epilobocera'' 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 Epiloboceridae (formerly Pseudothelphusidae). It is the only genus in its family; this taxonomic arrangement follows the revision of the family Pseudothelphusidae by Álvarez and colleagues.


Species

''Epilobocera'' contains the following species: * '' Epilobocera armata'' Smith, 1870 * '' Epilobocera capolongoi'' Pretzmann, 2000 * '' Epilobocera cubensis'' Stimpson, 1860 * '' Epilobocera gertraudae'' Pretzmann, 1965 * '' Epilobocera gilmanii'' (Smith, 1870) * '' Epilobocera haytensis'' Rathbun, 1893 * '' Epilobocera sinuatifrons'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866) * '' Epilobocera wetherbeei'' Rodriguez & Williams, 1995


References

Decapod genera Taxa named by William Stimpson {{Crab-stub