''Lyreidus'' is a
genus of crabs in the
family Raninidae
Raninidae is a family of unusual crabs, sometimes known as "frog crabs", on account of their frog-like appearance. They are taken by most scientists to be quite primitive among the true crabs. They closely resemble the (unrelated) mole crabs, du ...
, containing the following species:
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Lyreidus brevifrons
''Lyreidus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Raninidae, containing the following species:
*'' Lyreidus brevifrons'' Sakai, 1937
*'' Lyreidus stenops'' Wood-Mason, 1887
*''Lyreidus tridentatus
''Lyreidus tridentatus'' is a species of crab i ...
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Sakai, 1937
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Lyreidus stenops
''Lyreidus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Raninidae, containing the following species:
*''Lyreidus brevifrons'' Sakai, 1937
*'' Lyreidus stenops'' Wood-Mason, 1887
*''Lyreidus tridentatus
''Lyreidus tridentatus'' is a species of crab in ...
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Wood-Mason, 1887
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Lyreidus tridentatus
''Lyreidus tridentatus'' is a species of crab in the family Raninidae.
Description
This species as an unusual carapace in that it is longer than it is wide. Males grow to about 5.2 cm long and 1.3 cm wide. Females grow to 3 cm wi ...
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de Haan, 1841
References
Crabs
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