Orcovita gracilipes

Taxonavigation

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: Varunidae
Genus: Orcovita
Species: Orcovita gracilipes

Name

Orcovita gracilipes Ng, Guinot & Iliffe, 1996:117

Holotype: MNHN B-22892

Type locality: male (18.5 by 13.1 mm), station 88-006, Vaikona Chasm, Niue, colI. T. M. IIiffe, 6 Feb.1988, with plastic bottle baited with fish and left overnight at 13 m depth.

References

Primary references

Ng, P.K.L., Guinot, D. & Iliffe, T.M. 1996. Revision of the anchialine varunine crabs of the genus Orcovita Ng & Tomascik, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae), with description of four new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 44(1): 109-134. PDF. ResearchGate Reference page.