Orcovita mollitia

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 mollitia

Name

Orcovita mollitia Ng, Guinot & Iliffe, 1996:121

Holotype: MNHN B-22895

Type locality: male (12.6 by 9.6 mm), station 85-015, Faifai Beach Cave, Guam, call. T. M. Iliffe, 27-28 Jan.1985, with plastic bottle trap baited with crab parts and left overnight in 3 m water 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.