Alain (crab)

Alain
Alain crosnieri:holotype MNHN
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Genus: Alain
Manning, 1998

Alain is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Pinnotheridae, and was first described in 1998 by Raymond Manning. The type species of this genus (Alain crosnieri) was collected in Indonesian territorial waters.

Species

Species listed at WoRMS are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alain R.B.Manning, 1998". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Manning, Raymond Brendan (1998). "A new genus and species of pinnotherid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Indonesia" (PDF). Zoosystema. 20 (2): 357–362. ISSN 1280-9551. Wikidata Q93463352.
  3. 1 2 WoRMS. "Alain Manning, 1998". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-03-17.