Romaleon is a genus of marine crabs formerly considered in the genus Cancer.[1]

Romaleon
California rock crab, Romaleon antennarium
Romaleon jordani female
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Romaleon

Gistl, 1848
Type species
Romaleon gibbosulus [1]
Rathbun, 1898

Species

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The genus, as currently circumscribed, contains seven species:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution
  Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856 Pacific, brown or California rock crab North America.
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926 Furrowed rock crab Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Alaska, to Santa Catalina Islands, California
Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833 Japan to North China and Korea
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900 Hairy Rock Crab Pacific coast
Romaleon luzonense Sakai 1983 Philippines, Sunda Strait
Romaleon nadaense Sakai, 1969 South China Sea
Romaleon polyodon Poeppig, 1836 Chile and Peru

References

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  1. ^ a b Carrie E. Schweitzer & Rodney M. Feldmann (2000). "Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species". Contributions to Zoology. 69 (4): 223–250. Also available as PDF.
  2. ^ 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.