Xenograpsus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea
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: Thoracotremata Superfamilia: Grapsoidea

Xenograpsus Takeda & Kurata, 1977
- Original status: valid genus
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Xenograpsus novaeinsularis Takeda & Kurata, 1977
  - Fixation: original designation [p. 100] [and monotypy]

McLay, C. 2007: New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa, 1524: 1–22. Abstract & excerpt
Ng, N.K.; Davie, P.J.F.; Schubart, C.D.; Ng, P.K.L. 2007: Xenograpsidae, a new family of grapsoid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) associated with shallow water hydrothermal vents. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (16): 233–256. PDF
Ng, N.K.; Huang, J.-F.; Ho, P.-H. 2000: Description of a new species of hydrothermal crab, Xenograpsus testudinatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae) from Taiwan. National Taiwan Museum special publication series, (10): 191–199.
Takeda, M.; Kurata, Y. 1977: Crabs of the Ogasawara Islands. IV. A collection made at the new volcanic island, Nishino-shima-shinto, in 1975. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (A), 3(2): 91–111. PDF
Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3