Hymenosoma

Hymenosoma (crown crabs) is a genus of crabs, containing the following species:[1][2]

  • Hymenosoma depressum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • Hymenosoma gaudichaudii Guérin, 1831
  • Hymenosoma geometricum Stimpson, 1858
  • Hymenosoma hodgkini Lucas, 1980
  • Hymenosoma longicrure Dawson & Griffiths, 2012
  • Hymenosoma orbiculare Desmarest, 1823
  • Hymenosoma projectum Dawson & Griffiths, 2012
  • Hymenosoma trilobatum Dawson & Griffiths, 2012

Hymenosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Hymenosomatidae
Genus:
Hymenosoma

Desmarest, 1823

The majority of the species are found around southern Africa; the Australasian species H. hodgkini and H. geometricum may be better placed in other genera.[3]

References
  1. Peter Davie (2013). "Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. Jessica Dawson; Charles L. Griffiths (2012). "Revision of the crown crabs, genus Hymenosoma (Crustacea : Hymenosomatidae), of South Africa". African Natural History. 8: 16–29.
  3. Peter R. Teske; Colin L. McLay; Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo; Isabelle Papadopoulos; Brent K. Newman; Charles L. Griffiths; Christopher D. McQuaid; Nigel P. Barker; Gaetan Borgonie; Luciano B. Beheregaray (2009). "Tri-locus sequence data reject a "Gondwanan origin hypothesis" for the African/South Pacific crab genus Hymenosoma" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53: 23–33. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.031. PMID 19501181.


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