Helicana

Helicana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Varunidae
Subfamily: Cyclograpsinae
Genus: Helicana
Sakai & Yatsuzuka, 1980

Helicana is a genus of crabs, containing three species:


The species reported in Helicana genus are:

  • Helicana doerjesi Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006
  • Helicana japonica (Sakai & Yatsuzuka, 1980)
  • Helicana wuana (Rathbun, 1931)