Vellodius
| Vellodius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Vellodius Ng & Yang, 1998 |
| Species: | V. etisoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Vellodius etisoides (Takeda & Miyake, 1968)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pilodius etisoides Takeda & Miyake, 1968 | |
Vellodius etisoides is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae. It was originally described as Pilodius etisoides, but was transferred to the monotypic genus Vellodius in 1998.[1][2][3] It is found around Amami Ōshima in the Ryūkyū Islands, and the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ P. K. L. Ng & S.-L. Yang (1998). "Description of a new genus for the xanthid crab Pilodius etisoides Takeda and Miyake, 1968 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea)". Journal of Natural History. 32 (10–11): 1685–1696. doi:10.1080/00222939800771201.
- ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Vellodius etisoides (Takeda & Miyake, 1968)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Vellodius etisoides". Crabs of Japan. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
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