Petrolisthes virgilius

Petrolisthes virgilius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galatheoidea

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: Anomura Superfamilia: Galatheoidea

Familia: Porcellanidae
Genus: Petrolisthes
Species: Petrolisthes virgilius

Name

Petrolisthes virgilius Hiller & Werding, 2019

Holotype: male, INV CRU8404, coll. J. Lazarus, 05 Dec. 2010; 4.6 × 4.5 mm.

Type locality: Colombia, Chocó, Gulf of Urabá, Triganá, Napú

Paratypes: 2 males, 2 females (1 ovigerous), INV CRU8405, same collection data as holotype. Size of males is 4.2 × 3.7 mm and 3.3 × 3.2 mm; size of females is 5.3 × 5.2 mm (ovigerous) and 4.3 × 4.0 mm.

ZooBank: E0018D07-579A-4A53-84D1-2EF333D59098

References

Primary references

• Hiller, A. & Werding, B. 2019. A new species of Petrolisthes (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae) inhabiting vermetid formations (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Vermetidae) in the southern Caribbean Sea. ZooKeys, 876: 143–151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.876.37244 Reference page. 

Links

• Petrolisthes virgilius in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Petrolisthes virgilius – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Petrolisthes virgilius.
• ION
• Species-ID

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