Romaleon
{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cancer antennarius.PNG
| image_caption = California rock crab, Romaleon antennarium
| image2 = Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900.jpg
| image2_caption = Romaleon jordani female
| taxon = Romaleon
| authority = Gistl, 1848
| type_species = Romaleon gibbosulus
| type_species_authority = Rathbun, 1898
}}
Romaleon is a genus of marine crabs formerly considered in the genus Cancer.{{cite journal |author=Carrie E. Schweitzer |author2=Rodney M. Feldmann |name-list-style=amp |year=2000 |title=Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species |journal=Contributions to Zoology |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=223–250 |url=http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/ctz/vol69/nr04/art02}} Also available as [http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/10785/10785.pdf PDF].
Species
The genus, as currently circumscribed, contains seven species:{{cite journal |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |author=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |name-list-style=amp |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf}}
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 120px | Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856 Pacific, brown or California rock crab | North America. |
| Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926 Furrowed rock crab | Granite Cove, Port Althorp, Alaska, to Santa Catalina Islands, California | |
| Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833 | Japan to North China and Korea | |
| Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900 Hairy Rock Crab | Pacific coast | |
| Romaleon luzonense Sakai 1983 | Philippines, Sunda Strait | |
| Romaleon nadaense Sakai, 1969 | South China Sea | |
| Romaleon polyodon Poeppig, 1836 | Chile and Peru |
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