Palicus

For the daemons in the Greco-Roman mythology, see Palici.

Palicus is a genus of stilt crabs in the family Palicidae.

Palicus
Palicus fisheri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Palicidae
Genus:	Palicus Philippi, 1838
Type species
Palicus granulatus Philippi, 1838

Species

The following species are included in the genus:^[1][2]

• Palicus acutifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Palicus affinis (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1880)
• Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897
• Palicus angustus Rathbun, 1897
• Palicus bahamensis Rathbun, 1897
• Palicus caronii (Roux, 1828)
• Palicus cortezi (Crane, 1937)
• Palicus cristatipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Palicus cursor (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Palicus dentatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Palicus depressus Rathbun, 1897
• Palicus faxoni Rathbun, 1897
• Palicus floridanus (Rathbun, 1918)
• Palicus fragilis (Rathbun, 1894)
• Palicus gracilipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Palicus gracilis (Smith, 1883)
• †Palicus hungaricus Müller, 2006
• Palicus isthmia Rathbun, 1897
• Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898
• Palicus obesus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Palicus sicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Palicus tuberculata (Faxon, 1893)
• Palicus velerae (Garth, 1939)
• Palicus zonatus (Rathbun, 1894)

References

1. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
2. De Grave, Sammy (18 March 2020). "Palicus Philippi, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2024.