Persephona is a genus of true crabs in the family Leucosiidae. There are about 5 described species in Persephona.
Species Persephona aquilonaris Persephona crinita M. J. Rathbun, 1931 Persephona mediterranea (J. F. W. Herbst, 1794) (mottled purse crab) Persephona punctata Persephona subovata
References
Further reading
Melo, Gustavo A. S., Maria Fernanda A. Torres, and Oswaldo Campos Jr. / Paolo S. Young, ed. (1998). "Malacostraca - Eucarida, Brachyura, Dromiacea and Oxystomata". Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil, Série Livros no. 6, 439-454.
External links NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Persephona