Pleistacantha kannu

Pleistacantha kannu, holotype male and paratype ovigerous female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Majoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Majoidea

Familia: Oregoniidae
Genus: Pleistacantha
Species: Pleistacantha kannu

Name

Pleistacantha kannu Ng, Ravinesh & Ravichandran, 2017

Holotype: CASAU [Centre of Advanced study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University], male (cl 106.2 mm, pcl 87.4 mm, cw 87.0 mm)

Paratypes: CASAU, DABFUK [University of Kerala]

Type locality: Bay of Bengal

ZooBank: 9FB362C1-38CF-4532-A1AE-ABCD3A2C5738

References

Primary references

• Ng, P.K.L., Ravinesh, R. & Ravichandran, S. 2017. A new large oregoniid spider crab of the genus Pleistacantha Miers, 1879, from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). ZooKeys 716: 127—146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.716.21349. Reference page. 

Links

• Pleistacantha kannu in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Pleistacantha kannu – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pleistacantha kannu.
• ION
• Species-ID

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