Paratymolus

Paratymolus
Paratymolus pubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Inachidae
Genus: Paratymolus
Miers, 1879
Species
List
  • Paratymolus Miers, 1879
  • Paratymolus Miers, 1879 (type species Paratymolus
  • pubescens Miers, 1879, by monotypy; gender masculine)
  • Paratymolus barnardi Loh & Ng, 1999
  • Paratymolus bituberculatus Haswell, 1880
  • Paratymolus bituberculatus var. gracilis Miers, 1884
  • Paratymolus coccus Loh & Ng, 1999
  • Paratymolus cygnus Loh & Ng, 1999
  • Paratymolus griffini Loh & Ng, 1999
  • Paratymolus hastatus Alcock, 1895
  • Paratymolus prolatus Loh & Ng, 1999
  • Paratymolus pubescens Miers, 1879
  • Paratymolus vannus Loh & Ng, 1999

Paratymolus is a genus of small marine crabs, found from a wide region in the Indo-West Pacific, including Singapore. Originally, P. latipes and P. sexspinosus were thought to be part of this genus, but they were subsequently clarified to be part of two other genera, Dumea and Litosus respectively.

Habitat

Crabs of this genus can be found in coastal areas of the Pacific ocean. This includes Australia, Singapore, Korea and Indonesia. This genus is often found from locations with sandy seabeds, mudflats, or reefs.

Morphology

This genus is identifiable through the presence of one or more small rounded protuberances on the rear-side edge of the carapace, as well as moderately-long eye stalks.

Conservation status

This genus is not listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened species, and most of these species has not been evaluated globally. However, Paratymolus cygnus itself is identified as critically endangered locally.

References

  1. ↑ Miers, E.J. (1879). "On a collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H.C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas. With an appendix by Capt. H.C. St. John". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 18–61. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02624.x.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Loh, LW; Ng, PKL (31 December 1999). "A revision of the spider craps of the genus Paratymolus Miers, 1879, with descriptions of two new genera and six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 47 (2): 365–407.
  3. ↑ "A revision of the spider crabs of the genus Paratymolus Miers, 1879, with descriptions of two new genera and six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae)". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-04-09.
  4. ↑ "Paratymolus Miers, 1879". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  5. ↑ Davison, G. W. H.; National Parks Board (Singapore), eds. (2024). The Singapore red data book: red lists of Singapore biodiversity (Third ed.). Singapore: National Parks Board. ISBN 978-981-18-9903-4.