Thalassina

Thalassina
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Thalassina anomala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
(unranked): Reptantia
Infraorder: Gebiidea
Family: Thalassinidae
Latreille, 1831
Genus: Thalassina
Latreille, 1806
Type species
Thalassina scorpionides
Latreille, 1806
Species

11 extant, 1 fossil species (see text)

Thalassina is a genus of mud lobsters found in the mangrove swamps of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. Its nocturnal burrowing is important for the recycling of nutrients in the mangrove ecosystem, although it is sometimes considered a pest of fish and prawn farms.