Vultocinus

Vultocinus anfractus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Goneplacoidea
Family: Vultocinidae
Ng & Manuel-Santos, 2007
Genus: Vultocinus
Ng & Manuel-Santos, 2007
Species: V. anfractus
Binomial name
Vultocinus anfractus
Ng & Manuel-Santos, 2007 [1]

Vultocinus anfractus is a species of crab, the only species in the family Vultocinidae.[2] It has been found around the Philippines, Vanuatu and New Caledonia,[3] and lives on driftwood.[4] Its discovery forced a reappraisal of the relationships within the superfamily Goneplacoidea, and to the recognition of Mathildellidae, Conleyidae and Progeryonidae as separate families.[2]

References

  1. Peter K. L. Ng, Marivene R. Manuel-Santos (2007). "Establishment of the Vultocinidae, a new family for an unusual new genus and new species of Indo-West Pacific crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea), with comments on the taxonomy of the Goneplacidae" (first page: PDF). Zootaxa 1558: 39–68.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. Peter K. L. Ng & Bertrand Richer de Forges (2009). "Vultocinus anfractus Ng & Manuel-Santos, 2007 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Vultocinidae): a new record for New Caledonia, with notes on female characters". Crustaceana 82 (5): 627–634. doi:10.1163/156854009X407731.
  4. Ng Tze Yong (December 25, 2008). "Crabs discoveries put Singapore on the map". The New Paper.
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