Gilvossius

Gilvossius
Gilvossius tyrrhenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Callianassidae
Genus: Gilvossius
Manning & Felder, 1992
Synonyms
  • Gebios Bosc, 1813
  • Gebios Risso, 1822
  • Pestarella Ngoc-Ho, 2003

Gilvossius is a genus of thalassinidean crustacean erected in 1992 from former members of the genus Callianassa. It is distinguished from Callianassa by the rounded, rather than squarish telson, and by the absence of the first two pleopods in males. The genus contains the following species:

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References

  1. 1 2 De Grave, Sammy (2022). "Gilvossius Manning & Felder, 1992". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Nguyen Ngoc-Ho (2003). "European and Mediterranean Thalassinidea (Crustacea, Decapoda)" (PDF). Zoosystema. 25 (3): 439–555. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-19.