Percnon Explained

Percnon is a genus of crabs in the family Percnidae. It has also been included in the family Plagusiidae as subfamily Percninae.

Species

Seven extant species are recognised:

• Percnon abbreviatum (Dana, 1851)
• Percnon affine (Milne-Edwards, 1853)
• Percnon gibbesi (Milne-Edwards, 1853)
• Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965
• Percnon pascuensis Retamal, 2002
• Percnon planissimum (Herbst, 1804)
• Percnon sinense Chen, 1977

There are two species only known from fossils:

• †Percnon paleogenicus De Angeli, 2023
• †Percnon santurbanensis Ceccon & De Angeli, 2019