Pleisticanthoides

Pleisticanthoides
A preserved specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Oregoniidae
Genus: Pleisticanthoides
Yokoya, 1933
Type species
Pleisticanthoides nipponensis
Yokoya, 1933

Pleisticanthoides is a genus of crabs found in the western Pacific Ocean.

Taxononomy

Pleisticanthoides was originally described by Yu Yokoya in 1933, but it was subsequently synonomized with Pleistacantha. It was revitalized as a valid genus in 2013 with the description of two new species.

Species

Three species are recognised in this genus.

References

  1. ↑ Ahyong, Shane T. (19 July 2024). "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 Ng, Peter K.L.; Richer de Forges, Bertrand (2012). "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933, a valid genus of deep-sea inachid spider crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea), with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3551 (1): 65–81. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3551.1.5.
  4. ↑ WoRMS. "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 June 2025.