Discoplax gracilipes

Discoplax gracilipes

Taxonavigation

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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

Familia: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Discoplax
Species: Discoplax gracilipes

Name

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Discoplax gracilipes Ng & Guinot, 2001

Holotype: USC 4045

Type locality:male (45.9 by 53.1 mm), Virata Cave, Libaong, Panglao, Panglao Island, Bohol, Philippines, coil. local villagers, 18 Dec.2000.

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Primary references

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  • Ng, P.K.L. & D. Guinot, 2001: On the land crabs of the genus Discoplax A. Milne Edwards, 1867 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae), with description of a new cavernicolous species from the Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 49(2): 311–338.
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