Anatolikos

Anatolikos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Cancridae
Subfamily:	Cancrinae
Genus:	Anatolikos; Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
Species
	2

Anatolikos is a genus of two species of crabs in the family Cancridae. They are recorded from Japan and Taiwan. Two fossil species are known, one from Japan and one from Mexico.

These crabs were classified in the genus Cancer until 2000, when it was split into several new genera.

Anatolikos species have a carapace that is wider than long and granular in texture. It is edged with several spines separated by fissures. Five of the spines coalesce to form a front that extends past the eyes, a character unique to the genus. The orbital rims are thickened; the genus Anisospinos has a similar feature, but can be distinguished by its sharp, curving spines.

The genus name is from the Greek anatolikos ("eastern"), a reference to its range in Japan. It includes the following species:

†Anatolikos fujinaensis (Sakumoto, Karasawa & Takayasu, 1992)
†Anatolikos itoigawa (Karasawa, 1990)
Anatolikos japonicus (Ortmann, 1893)
†Anatolikos tomowoi (Karasawa, 1990)
Anatolikos tumifrons (Yokoya, 1933)
†Anatolikos undecimspinosus Schweitzer, Feldmann, González-Barba & Ćosović, 2006

References

1 2 3 4 5 Schweitzer, C. E. and R. M. Feldmann. (2000). Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species.^{[link removed]} Contributions to Zoology 69(4), 223-50.
↑ Tavares, M. and R. Cleva. (2010). Trichopeltariidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), a new family and superfamily of eubrachyuran crabs with description of one new genus and five new species. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50(9), 97-157.
1 2 Schweitzer, C. E., et al. (2006). New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, México. Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33(2006), 1-14.
↑ De Grave, Sammy (19 January 2023). "Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[sch-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Schweitzer, C. E. and R. M. Feldmann. (2000). Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species.^{[link removed]} Contributions to Zoology 69(4), 223-50.

[2] Tavares, M. and R. Cleva. (2010). Trichopeltariidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), a new family and superfamily of eubrachyuran crabs with description of one new genus and five new species. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50(9), 97-157.

[sch06-3] 1 2 Schweitzer, C. E., et al. (2006). New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, México. Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33(2006), 1-14.

[WoRMS-4] De Grave, Sammy (19 January 2023). "Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2024.