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Conleyus

Conleyus defodio is a species of crab, the only species in the genus Conleyus and the family Conleyidae. It lives in rubble beds in Guam, and is named after the collector Harry T. Conley.

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Jun 23, 2026
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Length
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Source
Conleyus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Goneplacoidea
Family: Conleyidae
Števčić, 2005
Genus: Conleyus
Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003
Species:
C. defodio
Binomial name
Conleyus defodio
Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003

Conleyus defodio is a species of crab, the only species in the genus Conleyus and the family Conleyidae.1 It lives in rubble beds in Guam, and is named after the collector Harry T. Conley.2

References

References

  1. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. Peter K. L. Ng & N. K. Ng (2003). "Conleyus defodio, a new genus and new species of carcinoplacine crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Goneplacidae) from deep rubble beds in Guam" (PDF). Micronesica. 35–36: 431–439. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-15.