Clythrocerus

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Clythrocerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Cyclodorippoida
Superfamily: Cyclodorippoidea
Family: Cyclodorippidae
Genus: Clythrocerus
A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899
Type species
Cyclodorippe nitida
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Clythrocerus is a genus of brachyuran crab known from the Gulf of Mexico and western portions of the Atlantic Ocean.[1] It currently includes four species: C. stimpsoni, C. granulatus, C. perpusillus, and C. nitidus.[1]

Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:[2]

Cyclodorippidae 
 Clythrocerus 

Clythrocerus granulatus

Clythrocerus nitidus

Cyclodorippe

Deilocerus

Neocorycodus

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Goeke, Gary D.; Heard, Richard W. (1984-01-01). "A Review of the Genus Clythrocerus (Brachyura: Dorippidae) in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico with Notes on Clythrocerus stimpsoni". Gulf Research Reports. 7. doi:10.18785/grr.0704.06. ISSN 0072-9027.
  2. ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)