Discoplax

Discoplax
Discoplax longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Discoplax
A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Species

Discoplax is a genus of terrestrial crabs.[1] It is very closely related to the genus Cardisoma.[2]

Five species are currently recognised:[3]

References

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