Helicana

Helicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Varunidae
Subfamily: Cyclograpsinae
Genus: Helicana
Sakai & Yatsuzuka, 1980

Helicana is a genus of crabs,[1] containing three species:[2]


The species reported in Helicana genus are:

  1. ^ Sakai, K; Yatsuzuka, K (1979). "Notes on some Japanese and Chinese Helice with Helice (Helicana) n. subgen., including Helice (Helicana) japonica n. sp.(Crustacea: Decapoda)". Senckenberg Biol. 60 (5–6): 393–411.
  2. ^ Sammy De Grave (2022). "Helicana Sakai & Yatsuzuka, 1980". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 8, 2023.