''Pyromaia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
in the
family
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Inachoididae
Inachoididae is a family of crabs originally erected by James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of m ...
, containing the following species:
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Pyromaia acanthina''
Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
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Pyromaia arachna''
Rathbun, 1924
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Pyromaia cuspidata
''Pyromaia cuspidata'', also known as the dartnose pear crab, is a species of crab in the family Inachoididae. This crab appears similar to ''Anasimus latus''. It is a long-legged crab with a trident-shaped rostrum, and occurs in Atlantic waters ...
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Stimpson, 1871
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Pyromaia mexicana''
Rathbun, 1893
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Pyromaia propinqua''
Chace, 1940
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Pyromaia tuberculata''
(Lockington, 1877)
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Pyromaia vogelsangi''
Türkay, 1968
References
Majoidea
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