Cronius

Cronius is a genus of crabs containing the two species Cronius ruber and Cronius tumidulus.[1][2]

For the Pythagorean philosopher, see Cronius the Pythagorean.
For the Egyptian Christian monk, see Cronius of Nitria.

Cronius
Cronius ruber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Portunidae
Subfamily: Portuninae
Genus: Cronius
Stimpson, 1860
Species
  • Cronius ruber (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Cronius tumidulus (Stimpson, 1871)
Synonyms [1]
  • Charybdella Rathbun, 1897

References
  1. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2011). "Cronius Stimpson, 1860". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 17, 2011.


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