Conleyus
| Conleyus defodio | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Goneplacoidea |
| Family: | Conleyidae Števčić, 2005 |
| Genus: | Conleyus Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003 |
| Species: | C. defodio |
| Binomial name | |
| Conleyus defodio Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003 | |
Conleyus defodio is a species of crab, the only species in the genus Conleyus and the family Conleyidae.[1] It lives in rubble beds in Guam, and is named after the collector Harry T. Conley.[2]
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.
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng & N. K. Ng (2003). "Conleyus defodio, a new genus and new species of carcinoplacine crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Goneplacidae) from deep rubble beds in Guam" (PDF). Micronesica. 35–36: 431–439.
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