Elamena H. Mine-Edwards, 1837

D., Guinot & de, Mazancourt V., 2020, A new freshwater crab of the family Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 from New Caledonia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and an updated review of the hymenosomatid fauna of New Caledonia, European Journal of Taxonomy 671 (671), pp. 1-29 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.671
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9EF19154-D2FE-4009-985C-1EB62CC9ACB0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5685477
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0393774D-401B-B238-6671-1E49FC1DFE53
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Elamena H. Mine-Edwards, 1837
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Genus Elamena H. Mine-Edwards, 1837 View in CoL

Type species by monotypy: Hymenosoma mathaei Desmarest, 1823 .

The genus Elamena , which,with24 species, is one of the most species-rich in the family Hymenosomatidae , can be separated into two groups ( Lucas 1980). Elamena vesca is included in the group with a truncated rostrum and a polygonal carapace (Rahayu & Nugroho 2019).