Pleistacantha

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: Oregoniidae
Genus: Pleistacantha
Species: P. cervicornis – P. exophthalmus – P. griffini – P. kannu – P. maxima – P. moseleyi – P. naresii – P. ori – P. oryx – P. pungens – P. rubida – P. sanctijohannis – P. stilipes

Name

Pleistacantha Miers, 1879

Type species: Pleistacantha sanctijohannis Miers, 1879 (type by original designation)

Synonyms

• Echinoplax Miers, 1886

References

Primary references

• Miers, E.J. 1879. On a Collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H. C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 47–48. Internet Archive. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ng, P.K.L., Ravinesh, R. & Ravichandran, S. 2017. A new large oregoniid spider crab of the genus Pleistacantha Miers, 1879, from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). ZooKeys 716: 127—146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.716.21349. Reference page. 

Links

• Pleistacantha in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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