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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Xanthoidea

Familia: Panopeidae
Genus: Panopeus

Panopeus is a genus of crabs, containing these extant species:[1]

Panopeus africanus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Panopeus americanus Saussure, 1857
Panopeus austrobesus Williams, 1983
Panopeus boekei Rathbun, 1915
Panopeus chilensis H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1843
Panopeus convexus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Panopeus diversus Rathbun. 1933
Panopeus harttii Smith, 1869
Panopeus herbstii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
Panopeus meridionalis Williams, 1983
Panopeus obesus Smith, 1869
Panopeus occidentalis Saussure, 1857
Panopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877
Panopeus rugosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Panopeus simpsoni Rathbun, 1930
Panopeus turgidus Rathbun, 1930

A similar number of fossil species is also known.[2]
References

Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 – via the National University of Singapore.
Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.

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