Polyonyx socialis

Polyonyx socialis

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: Polyonyx
Species: Polyonyx socialis

Name

Polyonyx socialis Hiller & Werding, 2019

Holotype: female, SMF 52400, coll. Britayev and Martin, 15.04. 2016; 4.0 mm x 4.3 mm.

Type locality: South China Sea, south coast of Vietnam, Nhatrang Bay, Tre Island, Dam Bay, 6–8 m, silty sand, hand collection from tube of Chaetopterus sp. No 66, cohabiting with a pair of pinnotherid Tetrias sp.

Paratypes: male-female pair cohabiting with a pair of Polyonyx heok, SMF -52401, South China Sea, south coast of Vietnam, Nhatrang Bay, Mun Island, 16–20 m, silty sand, hand collection from tube of Chaetopterus sp. No 4, coll. Britayev and Martin, 04. 2016; male 4.6 mm x 5.7 mm, female (ov) 5.1 mm x 5.6 mm.

ZooBank: C8712225-9D4B-40AA-87CA-0B6FCDB3174A

References

Primary references

• Hiller, A. & Werding, B. 2019. A new species of Polyonyx (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae) inhabiting polychaete-worm tubes (Annelida, Chaetopteridae) in the Indo-West Pacific. ZooKeys 818: 25–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.818.30587 PMC: 6345737 PMID: 30697096Reference page. 

Links

• WoRMS

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

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