Ankerius aenigmaticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinnotheroidea

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: Pinnotheroidea

Familia: Aphanodactylidae
Genus: Ankerius
Species: Ankerius aenigmaticus

Name

Ankerius aenigmaticus Ng, Rahayu & Shih, 2016

Holotype: UF BDJRS-3169, SAFA-041

Type locality: 20.117°N, 40.2149°E, off Thuwal, Whale Shark reef, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, in polychaete tube, 10 m

References

Primary references

• 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.