Dorippidae is a small family of crabs, containing the following genera (extinct genera marked "†"):[1]
| Dorippidae | |
|---|---|
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| Paradorippe granulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Dorippoidea |
| Family: | Dorippidae Macleay, 1838 |
- † Archaeocypoda Secretan, 1975
- † Bartethusa Quayle & Collins, 1981
- Dorippe Weber, 1795
- Dorippoides Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- † Eodorippe Glaessner, 1980
- Heikeopsis Ng, Guinot & Davie, 2008
- † Hillius Bishop, 1983b
- Medorippe Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Neodorippe Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- Nobilum Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- Paradorippe Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- Philippidorippe H. Chen, 1986
- Phyllodorippe Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- † Sodakus Bishop, 1978
- † Telamonocarcinus Larghi, 2004
- † Tepexicarcinus Feldmann, Vega, Applegate & Bishop, 1998
- † Titanodorippe Blow & Manning, 1996
Legend
editIn Chinese folklore, after Guan Yu was killed by Lü Meng during the Three Kingdoms period, he transformed into the Guan Gong Crab, also called the Ghost Face Crab or Human Face Crab, distinguished by its red shell resembling a human face.[2]
A legend from Nantong, Jiangsu, recounts that after Guan Yu was defeated and fled from Maicheng, he refused to accept his death and sought an audience with the Jade Emperor. However, he was denied entry and was intercepted at the Southern Heavenly Gate by the Giant Spirit God. When the Dragon King of the East Sea passed by and advised Guan Yu to petition the Jade Emperor respectfully, Guan Yu, proud of his past achievements, rejected the advice. This led to mocking from both the Giant Spirit God and the Dragon King. In anger, Guan Yu fought the Giant Spirit God but was defeated. His red face turned purple, and in his fury, he leaped into the East Sea.[2]
Another version of the legend from Yuhuan, Taizhou, describes the Guan Ye Crab with a purple-brown back resembling Guan Yu's face paint, while its front is black, mirroring the face paint of Zhou Cang. The small claws curl up like Zhou Cang's whiskers. After Guan Yu was killed by Lü Meng, Zhou Cang, devastated, took his own life. Their heads flew into the air, one red and one black, crying out, "Return my body! Return my body!" When Guanyin encountered them, she asked where to find the body of the man who died under the Green Dragon Blade. Realizing their predicament, both Guan Yu and Zhou Cang fell from the sky into a crevice between rocks, where they became pressed together. Over time, legs sprouted from their bodies, and they eventually crawled to the shore, digging holes and making a new home as crabs.[2]
References
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- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ a b c 汉语动物命名考释 (in Chinese). 巴蜀书社. 2005. p. 643. ISBN 978-7-80659-719-4.
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