Hymenosoma

Hymenosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Hymenosomatidae
Genus: Hymenosoma
Desmarest, 1823

Hymenosoma (crown crabs) is a genus of crabs, containing the following species:[1][2]

The majority of the species are found around southern Africa; the Australasian species H. hodgkini and H. geometricum may be better placed in other genera.[3]

References

  1. Peter Davie (2013). "Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. Jessica Dawson; Charles L. Griffiths (2012). "Revision of the crown crabs, genus Hymenosoma (Crustacea : Hymenosomatidae), of South Africa". African Natural History. 8: 16–29.
  3. Peter R. Teske; Colin L. McLay; Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo; Isabelle Papadopoulos; Brent K. Newman; Charles L. Griffiths; Christopher D. McQuaid; Nigel P. Barker; Gaetan Borgonie; Luciano B. Beheregaray (2009). "Tri-locus sequence data reject a "Gondwanan origin hypothesis" for the African/South Pacific crab genus Hymenosoma" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53: 23–33. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.031. PMID 19501181.


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