Demania Explained

Demania is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1] [2]

Many species are known to be toxic to humans and domestic animals.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Ng . Peter K. L. . Peter Kee Lin Ng . Guinot . Danièle . Danièle Guinot . Davie . Peter J. F. . January 2008 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . live . . 17 . 1–286 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 6 June 2011 . 8 June 2011 . the National University of Singapore.
  2. De Grave. Sammy. 2020. Demania Laurie, 1906. 204846. 11 October 2024.
  3. John S. Garth . Peter K. L. Ng . amp . 1985 . Notes on the genus Demania Laurie, 1906 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) . . 2 . 293–308 . PDF.
  4. Alcala AC, Alcala LC, Garth JS, Yasumura D, Yasumoto T . Human fatality due to ingestion of the crab Demania reynaudii that contained a palytoxin-like toxin . Toxicon . 26 . 1 . 105–7 . 1988 . 2894726 . 10.1016/0041-0101(88)90142-0 .

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