186 Species in Family Leucosiidae
Nominal species list for Leucosiidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthilia intermedia (Miers, 1886) Granulose purse crab
Actaeomorpha alvae Boone, 1934
Actaeomorpha erosa Miers, 1878
Actaeomorpha punctata Edmondson, 1935
Alox bothros Galil & Ng, 2007
Alox chaunos Galil & Ng, 2007
Alox ornatum (Ihle, 1918)
Alox patella (Alcock, 1896)
Alox rugosum (Stimpson, 1858)
Alox somphos Tan & Ng, 1995
Alox tormos Galil & Ng, 2009
Ancylodactyla elata (Zarenkov, 1994)
Ancylodactyla elongata (Zarenkov, 1969)
Ancylodactyla nana (Zarenkov, 1990)
Arcania cornuta (MacGilchrist, 1905)
Arcania elongata Yokoya, 1933
Arcania erinacea (Fabricius, 1787)
Arcania gracilis Henderson, 1893
Arcania heptacantha de Man, 1907
Arcania novemspinosa (Lichtenstein, 1816)
Arcania septemspinosa (Fabricius, 1787)
Arcania tuberculata Bell, 1855
Arcania undecimspinosa De Haan, 1841 Three-spined box crab
Bellidilia undecimspinosa (Kinahan, 1856)
Callidactylus asper Stimpson, 1871 Spurfinger purse crab
Cateios frontalis (Miers, 1884)
Coleusia signata (Paul'son, 1875)
Cryptocnemus kavieng Galil & Ng, 2020
Cryptocnemus macrognathus Ihle, 1918
Dolos petraeus (Milne-Edwards, 1874)
Ebalia abdominalis Nobili, 1906
Ebalia ambiguus (Van Cleave, 1921)
Ebalia cariosa (Stimpson, 1860) Sculptured clutch crab
Ebalia clarionensis Rathbun, 1935
Ebalia cranchii Leach, 1817
Ebalia hancocki unspecified
Ebalia humilis Takeda, 1977
Ebalia jordani Rathbun, 1906
Ebalia nux unspecified
Ebalia sculpta Zarenkov, 1990
Ebalia stimpsonii Milne-Edwards, 1880 Thinarm clutch crab
Ebalia tuberculosa (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Ebalia tuberosa (Pennant, 1777) Pennant's nut crab
Ebalia tumefacta (Montagu, 1808) Bryer's nut crab
Ebalia webberi Komatsu & Takeda, 2007
Ebaliopsis erosa (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Euclosia crosnieri (Chen, 1989)
Euclosia scitula Galil, 2003
Euclosia unidentata (De Haan, 1841)
Euclosiana concinna (Galil, 2003)
Euclosiana obtusifrons (De Haan, 1841)
Favus granulatus Lanchester, 1900 Rubble crab
Galilia narusei Ng & Richer de Forges, 2007
Heterolithadia fallax (Henderson, 1893)
Heteronucia oeschi Ward, 1941
Heteronucia spinifera Edmondson, 1951
Heteronucia venusta Nobili, 1906
Hiplyra elegans (Gravier, 1920)
Hiplyra longimana (Milne Edwards, 1874)
Hiplyra platycheir (De Haan, 1841)
Hiplyra sagitta Galil, 2009
Hiplyra variegata (Rüppell, 1830)
Ilia nucleus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pebble crab
Iliacantha liodactylus Rathbun, 1898
Iliacantha sparsa Stimpson, 1871 Shouldered purse crab
Iliacantha subglobosa Stimpson, 1871 Longfinger purse crab
Ixa acuta Tyndale-Biscoe & George, 1962
Ixa cylindrus (Fabricius, 1777)
Ixa edwardsii Lucas, 1858
Ixa megaspis Adams & White, 1849
Ixa monodi Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1956 Red Sea pebble crab
Ixa pulcherrima (Haswell, 1879)
Leucisca rubifera (Müller, 1887)
Leucosia anatum (Herbst, 1783)
Leucosia brevimana Bell, 1855
Leucosia craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leucosia haswelli Miers, 1886
Leucosia moresbiensis Haswell, 1879
Leucosia ocellata Bell, 1855
Leucosia punctata Bell, 1855
Leucosia reticulata Miers, 1877
Leucosia rubripalma Galil, 2003
Leucosia signata Paulson, 1875
Lithadia cadaverosa Stimpson, 1871 Carinate clutch crab
Lithadia granulosa Milne-Edwards, 1880
Lithadia vertiginosa (Coelho, 1973)
Lyphira heterograna (Ortmann, 1892)
Myra affinis Bell, 1855
Myra australis Haswell, 1880
Myra celeris Galil, 2001
Myra curtimana Galil, 2001
Myra elegans Bell, 1855
Myra eudactyla (Bell, 1855)
Myra eudactylus (Bell, 1855)
Myra fugax (Fabricius, 1798) Fleeting purse crab
Myra grandis Zarenkov, 1990
Myra kessleri (Paul'son, 1875)
Myra pernix Galil, 2001
Myra subgranulata Kossmann, 1877
Myra tumidospina Galil, 2001
Myropsis quinquespinosa Stimpson, 1871 Fivespine purse crab
Nucia rosea Nobili, 1906
Nucia speciosa Dana, 1852
Nursia mimetica Nobili, 1906
Nursia minor (Miers, 1879)
Nursia persica Alcock, 1896
Nursia plicata (Herbst, 1803)
Nursia rhomboidalis (Miers, 1879)
Onychomorpha lamelligera Stimpson, 1858
Oreophorus crosnieri Tan & Ng, 1995
Oreophorus fenestratus Tan & Ng, 1996
Oreophorus horridus Rüppell, 1830
Oreophorus reticulatus Adams & White, 1849
Oreotlos angulatus (Rathbun, 1906)
Oreotlos bertrandi Tan & Ng, 1995
Oreotlos encymus Tan & Ng, 1993
Oreotlos etor Tan & Richer de Forges, 1993
Oreotlos lagarodes Tan & Ng, 1995
Oreotlos octavus Mendoza & Nugroho, 2021
Oreotlos pala Tan & Ng, 1995
Oreotlos pax Tan & Ng, 1995
Oreotlos potanus Tan & Ng, 1993
Paranursia abbreviata (Bell, 1855)
Parilia pattersoni Ng, Devi & Kumar, 2018
Persephona aquilonaris unspecified
Persephona crinita Rathbun, 1931 Pink purse crab
Persephona lichtensteinii Leach, 1817
Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794) Mottled purse crab
Persephona orbicularis Bell, 1855
Persephona punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Persephona subovata unspecified
Philyra carinata Bell, 1855
Philyra concinnus Ghani & Tirmizi, 1995
Philyra globus (Fabricius, 1775)
Philyra malefactrix (Kemp, 1915) Millet crab
Philyra orbicularis (Bell, 1855)
Philyra platycheir de Haan, 1841
Philyra sagittifera (Alcock, 1896)
Philyra scabriuscula (Fabricius, 1798)
Philyra taekoae Takeda, 1972
Praebebalia septemspinosa Sakai, 1983
Praosia punctata Tan & Ng, 1993 Cheryl crab
Pseudophilyra blandfordi Alcock, 1896
Pseudophilyra tridentata Miers, 1879
Pseudophilyra woodmasoni Alcock, 1896
Pyrhila pisum (De Haan, 1841)
Randallia bulligera Rathbun, 1898
Randallia curacaoensis Rathbun, 1922
Randallia eburnea Alcock, 1896
Randallia gilberti Rathbun, 1906
Randallia ornata (Randall, 1840) Globose sand crab
Raylilia coniculifera Galil, 2001
Raylilia mirabilis (Zarenkov, 1969)
Raylilia uenoi (Takeda, 1995)
Ryphila cancellus (Herbst, 1783)
Seulocia anahita Galil, 2005
Seulocia laevimana (Miers, 1884)
Seulocia latirostrata (Shen & Chen, 1978)
Seulocia pubescens (Miers, 1877)
Seulocia rhomboidalis (De Haan, 1841 [in De Haan, 1833-1850])
Soceulia marmorea (Bell, 1855)
Speloeophorus elevatus Rathbun, 1898 Bighole clutch crab
Speloeophorus nodosus (Bell, 1855) Twohole clutch crab
Speloeophorus pontifer (Stimpson, 1871) Smallhole clutch crab
Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges, 1983)
Tanaoa distinctus (Rathbun, 1894)
Tanaoa nanus Galil, 2003
Tanaoa pustulosa (Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)
Tanaoa pustulosus (Wood-Mason, 1891)
Tlos muriger Adams & White, 1849
Toru granuloides (Sakai, 1961)
Toru pilus (Tan, 1996)
Toru septimus Galil, 2003
Uhlias limbatus Stimpson, 1871 Eroded clutch crab
Urashima pustuloides (Sakai, 1961)
Urnalana cumingii (Bell, 1855)
Urnalana elata (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Urnalana elatoides (Bouvier, 1915)
Urnalana elatula Galil, 2005
Urnalana granulimera Galil, 2005
Urnalana haematosticta (Adams & White, 1849)
Urnalana insularis (Takeda & Kurata, 1976)
Urnalana margaritata (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Urnalana pulchella (Bell, 1855)
Urnalana purarensis (Ovaere, 1987)
Urnalana whitei (Bell, 1855)
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