Coleusia is a genus of Indo-Pacific pebble crabs of the family Leucosiidae. The six species currently recognised were formerly classed as members of the genus Leucosia but were separated into Coleusia in 2006 based on the fusing of segments 3-5 on the abdomens of the males and the three times axial coiling of the shaft of the first pleopod which bears a tufted lobe on its distal portion and has an elongated apical process.[2]
| Coleusia | |
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| Coleusia urania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Leucosiidae |
| Genus: | Coleusia Galil, 2006[1] |
| Type species | |
| Coleusia urania (Herbst, 1801)
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Species
editThe following species are currently included in the genus Coleusia:[1]
- Coleusia biannulate (Tyndale-Biscoe & George, 1962)
- Coleusia huilianae Promdam, Nabhitabhata & Galil, 2014
- Coleusia janani Giraldes, Al-Maslamni & Smyth, 2017
- Coleusia magna (Tyndale-Biscoe & George, 1962)
- Coleusia rangita Galil, 2006
- Coleusia signata (Paulson, 1875)
- Coleusia urania (Herbst, 1801)
References
edit- ^ a b Peter Davie (2011). "Coleusia Galil, 2006". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Gella Galail (2006). "Contributions to the knowledge of Leucosiidae V. Coleusia gen. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80.