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Demania

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Demania
Demania cultripes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Subfamily: Xanthinae
Genus: Demania
Laurie, 1906

Demania is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1][2]

Many species are known to be toxic to humans and domestic animals and this genus of crabs should not be consumed.[3][4]

References

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  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 (2020). "Demania Laurie, 1906". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  3. ^ John S. Garth & Peter K. L. Ng (1985). "Notes on the genus Demania Laurie, 1906 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae)" (PDF). Indo-Malayan Zoology. 2: 293–308.
  4. ^ Alcala AC, Alcala LC, Garth JS, Yasumura D, Yasumoto T (1988). "Human fatality due to ingestion of the crab Demania reynaudii that contained a palytoxin-like toxin". Toxicon. 26 (1): 105–7. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(88)90142-0. PMID 2894726.