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80 Species in Family Parthenopidae
Nominal species list for Parthenopidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aulacolambrus brevibrachiatus (Shen, Dai & Chen, 1982)
Aulacolambrus curvispinus (Miers, 1879)
Aulacolambrus diacanthus (De Haan, 1837)
Aulacolambrus granulosus (Miers, 1879)
Aulacolambrus hoplonotus (Adams & White, 1849)
Aulacolambrus whitei (Milne-Edwards, 1872)
Celatopesia concava (Stimpson, 1871)
Certolambrus pugilator (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Costalambrus tommasii (Rodrigues da Costa, 1959)
Cryptopodia fistulosa Chiong & Ng, 1994
Cryptopodia fornicata (Fabricius, 1787)
Cryptopodia pan Laurie, 1906
Cryptopodia queenslandi Rathbun, 1918
Cryptopodia spatulifrons Miers, 1879
Daldorfia dimorpha Tan & Ng, 2007
Daldorfia glasselli (Garth, 1958)
Daldorfia horrida (Linnaeus, 1758) Horrid elbow crab
Daldorfia investigatoris (Alcock, 1895)
Daldorfia leprosa (Nobili, 1905)
Daldorfia rathbunae (De Man, 1902)
Daldorfia spinosissima (Milne-Edwards, 1862)
Enoplolambrus echinatus (Herbst, 1790 [in Herbst, 1782-1790])
Enoplolambrus validus (De Haan, 1837) Strong elbow crab
Furtipodia petrosa (Klunzinger, 1906)
Garthambrus allisoni (Garth, 1993)
Garthambrus darthvaderi Tan, 2009
Garthambrus mironovi (Zarenkov, 1990)
Garthambrus poupini (Garth, 1993)
Garthambrus stellatus (Rathbun, 1906)
Garthambrus tani Ahyong, 2008
Garthambrus undulatus Tan, 2009
Heterocrypta granulata (Gibbes, 1850) Smooth elbow crab
Heterocrypta lapidea Rathbun, 1901
Heterocrypta occidentalis (Dana, 1854) Sandflat elbow crab
Lambrachaeus ramifer Alcock, 1895 Thorny elbow crab
Lambrus laciniatus Parisi, 1915
Leiolambrus nitidus Rathbun, 1901 White elbow crab
Leiolambrus punctatissimus (Owen, 1839)
Mesorhoea sexspinosa Stimpson, 1871 Sixspine elbow crab
Mimilambrus wileyi Williams, 1979
Neikolambrus polemistes Tan & Ng, 2003
Niobafia erosa (Miers, 1879)
Nodolambrus nodosus (Jacquinot, 1853)
Olenorfia cariei (Bouvier, 1914)
Parthenope agona (Stimpson, 1871) Yellow elbow crab
Parthenope chondrodes Davie & Turner, 1994
Parthenope echinatus (Herbst, 1790)
Parthenope longimanus (Linnaeus, 1758) White long-armed crab
Parthenope massena (Roux, 1830)
Piloslambrus triangulus (Stimpson, 1860)
Platylambrus fraterculus (Stimpson, 1871) Rough elbow crab
Platylambrus granulata (Kingsley, 1879) Bladetooth elbow crab
Platylambrus granulatus (Kingsley, 1879)
Platylambrus pourtalesii (Stimpson, 1871) Spinous elbow crab
Platylambrus prensor (Herbst, 1803)
Platylambrus serratus (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Sawtooth elbow crab
Pseudolambrus bicornis (Flipse, 1930) Two-horned yellow crab
Pseudolambrus bispinosus (Rathbun, 1902)
Pseudolambrus calappoides (Adams & White, 1848)
Pseudolambrus confragosus (Calman, 1900)
Pseudolambrus constrictus Takeda & Webber, 2007
Pseudolambrus harpax (Adams & White, 1848)
Pseudolambrus planus (Rathbun, 1911)
Pseudolambrus tarpeius (Adams & White, 1849)
Rhinolambrus contrarius (Herbst, 1804) Crabs
Rhinolambrus cybelis (Alcock, 1895)
Rhinolambrus lamelliger (White, 1847)
Rhinolambrus longispinus (Miers, 1879) Black long-armed crab
Rhinolambrus pelagicus (Rüppell, 1830)
Rhinolambrus rudis (Rathbun, 1916)
Solenolambrus decemspinosus Rathbun, 1894
Solenolambrus tenellus Stimpson, 1871
Solenolambrus typicus Stimpson, 1871
Spinolambrus macrochelos (Herbst, 1790) wrinkled elbow crab
Thyrolambrus astroides Rathbun, 1894
Thyrolambrus efflorescens (Alcock, 1895)
Thyrolambrus verrucibrachium Zimmerman & Martin, 1999
Tutankhamen cristatipes (Milne-Edwards, 1880)
Zarenkolambrus epibranchialis (Zarenkov, 1990)
Zarenkolambrus minutus McLay & Tan, 2009
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