Hexapus

Hexapus
Temporal range: Lutetian–Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Hexapodidae
Genus: Hexapus
De Haan, 1833
Type species
Cancer sexpes
Fabricius, 1798
Species

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Hexapus is a genus of crabs in the family Hexapodidae. It contains only three extant species found in the Indo-West Pacific. They inhabit the intertidal and subtidal areas of shorelines.