| Ashtoret Temporal range:
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| Ashtoret lunaris, dorsal side | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Matutidae |
| Genus: | Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994 |
Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species:1
- Ashtoret granulosa (Miers, 1877)
- Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
- Ashtoret maculata (Miers, 1877)
- Ashtoret miersii (Henderson, 1887)
- Ashtoret obtusifrons (Miers, 1877)
- Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
- Ashtoret sangiannulata Galil & Clark, 1994
- Ashtoret shengmuae Galil & Clark, 1994
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Ashtoret picta
In addition, a single,2 unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan.3
References
References
- P. Davie & M. Turkay (2010). "Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- Hiroaki Karasawa (2002). "First record of a Miocene matutid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 29: 93–94. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2005.