Parapleisticantha
| Parapleisticantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Oregoniidae |
| Genus: | Parapleisticantha Yokoya, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Parapleisticantha japonica Yokoya, 1933
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Parapleisticantha is a genus of crabs in the family Oregoniidae.[1] It has been found in Japan, the Philippines and the Indian Ocean, but the depth of this genus is not recorded.[2]
Description
[edit]Parapleisticantha has a pyriform carapace whose dorsal surface is covered in small spines.[3] Its short rostrum comprises two horns, and its eyes are short with slender eyestalks.[3]
Species
[edit]Three species are recognized in this genus:[2]
- Parapleisticantha aie Ng, Richer de Forges & Lee, 2023
- Parapleisticantha ludivinae Richer de Forges, Ng & Shane T. Ahyong, 2013
- Parapleisticantha japonica Yokoya, 1933
References
[edit]- ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (18 July 2023). "Parapleisticantha Yokoya, 1933". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Parapleisticantha Yokoya, 1933". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b Richer de Forges, Ng & Ahyong 2013, p. 16.
Works cited
[edit]- Richer de Forges, Bertrand; Ng, Peter K.L.; Ahyong, Shane T. (25 March 2013). "Parapleisticantha Yokoya, 1933, a valid genus of deep-sea inachid spider crab from Japan and the Philippines (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea), with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3635 (1): 15–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.2. PMID 26097927 – via ResearchGate.
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