Gemmotheres
| Gemmotheres | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pinnotheridae |
| Genus: | Gemmotheres Campos, 1996 [1] |
| Species: | G. chamae |
| Binomial name | |
| Gemmotheres chamae (M. H. Roberts, 1975) [2] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
|
Pinnotheres chamae M. H. Roberts, 1975 | |
Gemmotheres also known as the jewel-box pea crab,[3] is a monotypic genus of pea crab, which was erected in 1996 to hold the species Gemmotheres chamae (formerly Pinnotheres chamae).[4] The species lives as a commensal of the corrugate jewelbox, Chama congregata.[5]
References
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
- 1 2 "Gemmotheres chamae (M. H. Roberts, 1975)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Gemmotheres chamae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Ernesto Campos (1996). "Partial revision of pinnotherid crab genera with a two-segmented palp on the third maxilliped (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 16 (3): 556–563. doi:10.2307/1548747. JSTOR 1548747.
- ↑ Morris H. Roberts, Jr. (1975). "Description of a pea crab, Pinnotheres chamae, sp. nov. from the jewel box, Chama congregata". Chesapeake Science. 16 (4): 238–241. doi:10.2307/1350942. JSTOR 1350942.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/11/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.