Cronius

For the Pythagorean philosopher, see Cronius the Pythagorean.

For the Egyptian Christian monk, see Cronius of Nitria.

Cronius
Cronius ruber
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Subfamily:	Portuninae
Genus:	Cronius Stimpson, 1860
Species
Cronius ruber (Lamarck, 1818) Cronius tumidulus (Stimpson, 1871)
Synonyms [1]
Charybdella Rathbun, 1897

Cronius is a genus of crabs containing the two species Cronius ruber and Cronius tumidulus.[1][2]

References

1. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
2. Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2011). "Cronius Stimpson, 1860". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 17, 2011.