Percnon

Percnon is a genus of crabs in the family Percnidae.^[1] It has also been included in the family Plagusiidae^[2] as subfamily Percninae.^[3]

Percnon
Percnon gibbesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Percnidae
Genus:	Percnon Gistel, 1848 [1][2]
Synonyms
Acanthopus De Haan, 1833 Leiolophus Miers, 1876 Liolophus Alcock, 1876

Species

Seven extant species are recognised:^[1]

• 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:^[1]

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