Ranina ranina

Ranina ranina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Raninidae
Genus: Ranina
Species:
R. ranina
Binomial name
Ranina ranina
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancer ranina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hippa scabra Fabricius, 1787
  • Ranina cristata Desjardins, 1835
  • Ranina dentata Latreille, 1825
  • Ranina scabra (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Ranina serrata Lamarck, 1801
Ranina ranina by Kawahara Keiga, 1823 - 1829. Siebold Collection.

Ranina ranina, also known as the Huỳnh Đế crab,[2] (red) frog crab or spanner crab,[3] is a species of crab[4] found throughout tropical and subtropical habitats.[5] It is often fished for its meat.[6]

  1. ^ "Ranina ranina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. ^ Crustacean diversity in Vietnam's coral reef
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Than was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ S. L. Slattery; A. L. Ford & S. M. Nottingham (1992). "Cooking methods for spanner crabs Ranina ranina (L) and their effect on cadmium residues". Food Australia. 44 (5): 206–210.
  5. ^ Oliver D. Tito & Jonalyn P. Alanano (2008). "Some aspects of fisheries and biology of spanner crab (Ranina ranina, Linnaeus) in Maluso, Basilan Province, Philippines" (PDF). Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries: 40–48.
  6. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.