Vellumnus penicillatus

Vellumnus penicillatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pilumnoidea

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: Pilumnoidea

Familia: Pilumnidae
Subfamilia: Pilumninae
Genus: Vellumnus
Species: Vellumnus penicillatus

Name

Vellumnus penicillatus (Gordon, 1930)

Original combination: Pilumnus penicillatus Gordon, 1930

Type locality: Hong Kong.

Holotype: BMNH 1930.12.2.123.

Paratype: BMNH 1930.12.2.124.

Synonymy

• Pilumnus penicillatus Gordon, 1930: 523.
• Vellumnus penicillatus (Gordon, 1930) Ng, 2010: 51; — Ng & Clark; 2023: 2–5, figs. 1–3.

References

• Gordon, I. 1930. Seven new species of Brachyura from the Coasts of China. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. (10)6(34): 519–252. DOI: 10.1080/00222933008673240 . Reference page. 
• Ng, P.K.L. 2010. On the Planopilumnidae Serène, 1984 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pseudozioidea), with diagnoses of two new pilumnoid genera for species previously assigned to Planopilumnus Balss, 1933. Zootaxa 2392: 33–61. Preview Reference page. 
• Ng, P.K.L. & Clark, P.F. 2023. Redescription of Vellumnus penicillatus (Gordon, 1930) from Hong Kong and description of a new species from Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pilumnidae). Nauplius 31: e2023014. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2023014 ResearchGate Reference page.