''Tuerkayana'' is a genus of large
land crabs
A number of lineages of crabs have evolved to live predominantly on land. Examples of terrestrial crabs are found in the families Gecarcinidae and Gecarcinucidae, as well as in selected genera from other families, such as ''Sesarma'', althou ...
. It was created from two members of the genus ''
Cardisoma'' and two members of ''
Discoplax'' in late 2018 after a re-examination of the taxonomy of the family
Gecarcinidae
The Gecarcinidae, the land crabs, are a family of true crabs that are adapted for terrestrial existence. Similar to all other crabs, land crabs possess a series of gills. In addition, the part of the carapace covering the gills is inflated and e ...
. Said re-examination also resulted in the creation of the new family
Leptograpsodidae for the genus ''
Leptograpsodes''.
Species
The genus ''Tuerkayana'' comprises these four species:
* ''
Tuerkayana celeste''
(Ng & Guinot, 2001) (formerly ''
Discoplax'')
* ''
Tuerkayana hirtipes''
( Dana, 1851) (formerly ''
Cardisoma'')
* ''
Tuerkayana magnum''
(Ng & Shih, 2015) (formerly ''
Discoplax'')
* ''
Tuerkayana rotundum''
(Quay & Gaimard, 1824) (formerly ''
Cardisoma'')
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Grapsoidea
Terrestrial crustaceans
Decapod genera
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