Scleroplax
| Scleroplax granulata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pinnotheridae |
| Genus: | Scleroplax Rathbun, 1894 |
| Species: | S. granulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scleroplax granulata Rathbun, 1894 [1] | |
Scleroplax granulata is a species of crab in the monotypic genus Scleroplax. It was first described by Mary J. Rathbun in a paper dated 1893 but only published in 1894.[2]
Scleroplax lives as a commensal of various burrowing animals including the mud shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis, N. gigas, Upogebia pugettensis and U. macginiteorum,[3] and the echiuran worm Urechis caupo (known as the "fat innkeeper"),[4] and occurs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Punta Abreojos, Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico.[3]
References
- ↑ P. Davie (2009). "Scleroplax Rathbun, 1894". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ↑ 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 Ernesto Campos (2006). "Systematics of the genus Scleroplax Rathbun, 1893 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1344: 33–41.
- ↑ Stanley J. Edmonds (2000). "Phylum Echiura". In Pamela L. Beesley, Graham J. B. Ross, Christopher J. Glasby. Polychaetes & Allies: the Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia: Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. 4, pt. 1. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 353–374. ISBN 978-0-643-06571-0.
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