Demania
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| Genus: | Demania Laurie, 1906
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Demania is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1]
- Demania splendida Deb, 1987
- Demania armadillus (Herbst, 1790)
- Demania baccalipes (Alcock, 1898)
- Demania crosnieri Serene, 1984
- (Alcock, 1898) Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
- Guinot, 1969 Guinot, 1977
- (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Walker, 1887)
- Laurie, 1906 Chen & Ng, 1999
- Demania wardi Demania mortenseni
- Demania rotundata Demania serenei
- Demania toxica Garth & Ng, 1985
- Demania cultripes Demania garthi
- Demania intermedia Demania japonica
- (Odhner, 1925) Serene, 1969
- Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 Garth, 1971
- Demania alcocki Demania reynaudii
- Demania scaberrima Demania unispinosa
Many species are known to be toxic to humans and domestic animals and this genus of crabs should not be consumed.[2][3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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