Liocarcinus is a genus of crabs, which includes the flying crab, the vernal crab and several other swimming crabs.
It includes 12 species :[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liocarcinus bolivari (Zariquiey Alvarez, 1948) | eastern Mediterranean | ||
| Liocarcinus corrugatus (Pennant, 1777) | wrinkled swimming crab | Angola to the British Isles and the Mediterranean, and Japan to Australia and New Zealand | |
| Liocarcinus depurator (Linnaeus, 1758) | blue-leg swimming crab, harbour crab, sandy swimming crab | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Liocarcinus holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) | flying crab | North Sea, Irish Sea and English Channel. | |
| Liocarcinus maculatus (Risso, 1827) | Mediterranean Sea. | ||
| Liocarcinus marmoreus (Leach, 1814) | marbled swimming crab | North Sea | |
| Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst, 1794) | Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | ||
| Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach, 1815) | dwarf swimming crab | Northeast Atlantic | |
| Liocarcinus rondeletii (Risso, 1816) | |||
| Liocarcinus subcorrugatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861) | |||
| Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816) | vernal crab | Western Central Pacific, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean | |
| Liocarcinus zariquieyi Gordon, 1968 | Mediterranean Sea | ||