Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Majoidea > Family Majidae > Subfamily Majinae

Micippa Leach, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Micippa thalia (Herbst, 1803)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ワタクズガニ属

Literature

original description	Leach, W.E. (1817). Characters of Micippa, a new genus of brachyurous Malacostraca, with descriptions of two species. In: The Zoological Miscellany, being descriptions of new and interesting animals...Illustrated with coloured figures engraved from original drawings by R.P. Nodder &c, Vol III: 15-16, unnumbered Plate.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1-837.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Micippa Leach, 1817. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204158