Pestarella
| Pestarella | |
|---|---|
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| Pestarella tyrrhena | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Callianassidae |
| Genus: | Pestarella Ngoc-Ho, 2003 |
Pestarella is a genus of thalassinidean crustacean erected in 2003 from former members of the genus Callianassa.[1] It is distinguished from Callianassa by the rounded, rather than squarish telson, and by the absence of the first two pleopods in males.[1] The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Pestarella candida (Olivi, 1792)
- Pestarella convexa (de Saint Laurent & Le Loeuff, 1979)
- Pestarella rotundicaudata (Stebbing, 1902)
- Pestarella tyrrhena (Petagna, 1792)
- Pestarella whitei (Sakai, 1999)
References
- 1 2 Nguyen Ngoc-Ho (2003). "European and Mediterranean Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda)" (PDF). Zoosystema 25 (3): 439–555.
- ↑ Gary Poore (2010). "Pestarella Ngoc-Ho, 2003". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
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