Ashtoret

Ashtoret
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Ashtoret lunaris, dorsal side
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Matutidae
Genus: Ashtoret
Galil & Clark, 1994

Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species:

In addition, a single, unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan.

References

  1. ↑ P. Davie & M. Turkay (2010). "Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  3. ↑ Hiroaki Karasawa (2002). "First record of a Miocene matutid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 29: 93–94. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2005.