Zygopa michaelis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hippoidea

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: Hippoidea

Familia: Albuneidae
Genus: Zygopa
Species: Zygopa michaelis

Name

Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1961

Type locality: Sint Michiels Baai, south coast of Curasao, Netherlands Antilles.

Paralectotype: RMNH 14502.

Synonymy

• Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1961: 22–26, figs. 1–2; — Boyko, 2023: 2–4, figs. 1–2.
• Zygopa lalanai Ortiz, 2015
  • Type locality: Off Cuba. Depth 6–8 m.
  • Holotype: CNCR 27818.
  • Synonymised by Boyko (2023: 2).

References

• Boyko, C.B. 2023. Reappraisal of the status of two recently described western Atlantic species of sand crabs (Anomura: Albuneidae). Nauplius. 31: e2023021. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2023021 . Reference page. 
• Holthuis, L.B. 1961. Notes on American Albuneidae (Crustacea Decapoda, Anomura) with the description of a new genus and species. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C, Biological and medical sciences. 64(1): 21–36. PDF. Reference page.