Chaceus Explained

Chaceus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the following species:^[1]

• Chaceus caecus Rodriguez & Bosque, 1990
• Chaceus cesarensis Rodriguez & Vilosia, 1992
• Chaceus curumanensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
• Chaceus davidi Campos & Rodriguez, 1984
• Chaceus ibiricensis Campos & Valencia, 2004
• Chaceus motiloni Rodriguez, 1980
• Chaceus nasutus Rodriguez, 1980
• Chaceus pearsei (Rathbun, 1915)
• Chaceus turikensus Rodriguez & Herrera, 1994

The genus' name commemorates Fenner A. Chace Jr.^[2]

Notes and References

1. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
2. Gerhard Pretzmann . 1972 . Die Pseudothelphusidae (Crustacea Brachyura) . German . Zoologica . 42 . 120 . 1–182 . 978-3-510-55004-3.