Biology:Polydectus

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Short description: Genus of crabs


Polydectus cupulifer
File:Pilumnus cupulifera - - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBAINV0274 006 01 0030.tif
A drawing of Pilumnus cupulifera
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Polydectinae
Genus:
Polydectus

H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Species:
P. cupulifer
Binomial name
Polydectus cupulifer
(Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer cupulifer Latreille in Milbert, 1812
  • Polydectus villosus Dana, 1852

Polydectus cupulifer is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, and the only species in the genus Polydectus.[2] Together with the genus Lybia, it forms the subfamily Polydectinae.[3] It is found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from Madagascar and the Red Sea in the west to Japan , Hawaii and French Polynesia in the east.[4] P. cupulifer is densely covered with setae (bristles), and frequently carries a sea anemone in each chela (claw).[5]

References

  1. Peter Davie (2010). "Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211013. 
  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". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  3. Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
  4. P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Xanthidae: Polydectinae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 19. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 546–547. ISBN 9780643067929. 
  5. Shou-Yu Chen; Pan-Wen Hsueh (2007). "Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, 1812) (Decapoda, Xanthidae): first record from Taiwan". Crustaceana 80 (4): 411–415. doi:10.1163/156854007780440894. 

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