''Latreillia'' is a genus of crabs in the family
Latreilliidae
Latreilliidae is a small family of crabs. They are relatively small, long-legged crabs found on soft bottoms at depths of up in mostly tropical and subtemperate waters around the world. Their carapace is very small and doesn’t cover the bases ...
, comprising five species:
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Latreillia elegans''
Roux, 1830
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Latreillia metanesa''
Williams, 1982
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Latreillia pennifera''
Alcock, 1900
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Latreillia valida''
De Haan, 1839
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Latreillia williamsi''
Melo, 1990
The name ''Latreillia'' honors
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom ...
. A genus of flies was also given the same name and, as a
junior homonym
In biology, a homonym is a name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another such name, that belongs to a different taxon.
The rule in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is that the first such name to be published is the se ...
, was renamed ''
Belvosia''.
References
Dromiacea
Decapod genera
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