Aphanodactylidae

Selwynia sibogae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aphanodactyloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Thoracotremata Superfamilia: Aphanodactyloidea

Familia: Aphanodactylidae
Genera: Ankerius – Gandoa – Gustavus – Lichtylus – Selwynia – Takedactylus – Uruma

Name

Aphanodactylidae Ahyong & Ng, 2009

Type genus: Aphanodactylus Tesch, 1918 = accepted as Selwynia Borradaile, 1903 [cited, p. 35]

References

Primary references

• Ahyong, S.T., & Ng, P.K.L. 2009. Aphanodactylidae, a new family of thoracotreme crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) symbiotic with polychaete worms. Zootaxa 2289: 33–47. Abstract & excerpt ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ng, P.K.L. & Rahayu, D.L. 2016. On the genera Selwynia Borradaile, 1903, and Gandoa Kammerer, 2006, with descriptions of two new species from Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Aphanodactylidae). Zootaxa 4092(3): 339–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.2 Reference page. 
• Ng, P.K.L., Rahayu, D.L. & Shih, H.-T. 2016. Ankerius aenigmaticus, a new genus and new species of aphanodactylid crab symbiotic with polychaetes from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Aphanodactylidae). Zootaxa 4179(2): 271–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.2.7. Reference page. 

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