Pinnotheres

Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres pisum ♂
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Genus: Pinnotheres
Bosc, 1802
Synonyms 

Pinnozoea Aikawa, 1933

Pinnotheres is a genus of crabs, including the pea crab. Many species formerly in Pinnotheres have been placed in new genera, such as Zaops ostreus (formerly P. ostreus), the oyster crab and Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae (formerly P. novaezelandiae), the New Zealand pea crab. The species currently recognised in the genus Pinnotheres are:

References

  1. 1 2 Peter Davie & Michael Türkay. "Pinnotheres Bosc, 1802". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae (Filhol, 1885)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.