Kani maranjandu

Taxonavigation

Kani maranjandu

Taxonavigation: Gecarcinucoidea

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: Gecarcinucoidea

Familia: Gecarcinucidae
Genus: Kani
Species: Kani maranjandu

Name

Kani maranjandu Kumar, Raj, & Ng, 2017:158

Holotype: ZSI WGRC/IR-INV 8234

Type locality: male (42.6 × 30.8 mm), Cherumankal, Agathyamala Biological Park, Kottoor Reserve Forest, Kottoor, Kerala, 8°60’ N 77°20’E, Western Ghats, India, coll. S. Raj, 5 September 2016.

References

Primary references

• Kumar A.B., Raj S. & Ng, P.K.L. 2017. Description of a new genus and new species of a fully arboreal crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Western Ghats, India, with notes on the ecology of arboreal crabs. Journal of Crustacean Biology 37(2): 157-167. DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/rux012 Reference page.