Oxypleurodon alaini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Majoidea
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: Majoidea

Familia: Epialtidae
Subfamilia: Pisinae
Genus: Oxypleurodon
Species: Oxypleurodon Alaini

Name

Oxypleurodon Alaini Richer de Forges, & Ng, 2009:260

Holotype: MNHN B 27409

Type locality: CHESTERFIELD ISLANDS: MUSORSTOM 5 cruise, Stn. DC 361, 19°52.5'S 158°38.1'E, 400 m, 19 Oct.1986: 1 ovigerous female holotype (16.2 × 16.8 mm)

References

Primary references

Richer de Forges, B. & Ng, P.K.L. 2009. On the majoid genera Oxypleurodon Miers, 1886, and Sphenocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae), with descriptions of two new genera and five new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 110–225. PDF. Reference page.