Biology:Vultocinus

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Vultocinus
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Vultocinus anfractus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1558.1.3. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01558p068f.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 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. http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2008/12/crabs-discoveries-put-singapore-on-map.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7943584 entry