Pleistacantha ori

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: Pleistacantha ori

Name

Pleistacantha ori Ahyong & Ng, 2007:203

Holotype: ZRCSMF 2006.0158 Type locality: male (cl 146.0 mm, pcl 129.1 mm, cw 106.3 mm), off Durban, South Africa, trawled, coll. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, Oct. 2004.

References

Primary references

Ahyong, S.T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2007 Pleistacantha ori, a new species of deep-water spider crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brahcyura: Majidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 16: 67-74. PDF Reference page.