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Pinnotheres

Pinnotheres is a genus of crabs, including the pea crab. Many species formerly in Pinnotheres have been placed in new genera, such as Zaops ostreus, the oyster crab and Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae, the New Zealand pea crab. The species currently recognised in the genus Pinnotheres are:Pinnotheres atrinae Sakai, 1939 Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983 Pinnotheres bidentatus Sakai, 1939 Pinnotheres bipunctatus Nicolet, 1849 Pinnotheres boninensis Stimpson, 1858 Pinnotheres borradailei Nobili, 1905 Pinnotheres corbiculae Sakai, 1939 Pinnotheres coutierei Nobili, 1905 Pinnotheres cyclinus Gordon, 1932 Pinnotheres dilatatus Shen, 1932 Pinnotheres dofleini Lenz, 1914 Pinnotheres edwardsi de Man, 1887 Pinnotheres excussus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980 Pinnotheres globosus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 Pinnotheres gordonae Shen, 1932 Pinnotheres guerini H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 Pinnotheres haiyangensis Shen, 1932 Pinnotheres hanumantharaoi Devi & Shyamasundari, 1989 Pinnotheres hemphilli Rathbun, 1918 Pinnotheres hickmani Pinnotheres hirtimanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 Pinnotheres jamesi Rathbun, 1923 Pinnotheres kamensis Rathbun, 1909 Pinnotheres kutensis Rathbun, 1900 Pinnotheres lanensis Rathbun, 1909 Pinnotheres laquei Sakai, 1961 Pinnotheres latipes Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 Pinnotheres lithodomi Smith, 1870 Pinnotheres luminatus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980 Pinnotheres lutescens Nobili, 1905 Pinnotheres mactricola Alcock, 1900 Pinnotheres maindroni Nobili, 1905 Pinnotheres margaritiferae Laurie, 1906 Pinnotheres nigrans Rathbun, 1909 Pinnotheres obesus Dana, 1852 Pinnotheres obscuridentata Dai & Song, 1986 Pinnotheres obscurus Stimpson, 1858 Pinnotheres onychodactylus Tesch, 1918 Pinnotheres orcutti Rathbun, 1918 Pinnotheres ostrea Pinnotheres paralatissimus Dai & Song, 1986 Pinnotheres parvulus Stimpson, 1858 Pinnotheres pectunculi Hesse, 1872 Pinnotheres perezi Nobili, 1905 Pinnotheres pholadis De Haan, 1835 Pinnotheres pichilinquei Rathbun, 1923 Pinnotheres pilulus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980 Pinnotheres pilumnoides Nobili, 1905 Pinnotheres pisum Pinnotheres pubescens Pinnotheres pugettensis Holmes, 1900 Pinnotheres purpureus Alcock, 1900 Pinnotheres quadratus Rathbun, 1909 Pinnotheres ridgewayi Southwell, 1911 Pinnotheres rouxi H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 Pinnotheres sanguinolariae Pillai, 1951 Pinnotheres sebastianensis Pinnotheres serrignathus Shen, 1932 Pinnotheres shoemakeri Rathbun, 1918 Pinnotheres siamensis Rathbun, 1909 Pinnotheres socius Lanchester, 1902 Pinnotheres taichungae K. Sakai, 2000 Pinnotheres taylori Rathbun, 1918 Pinnotheres tenuipes Borradaile, 1903 Pinnotheres trichopus Tesch, 1918 Pinnotheres tsingtaoensis Shen, 1932 Pinnotheres vicajii Chhapgar, 1957

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Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres pisum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Genus: Pinnotheres
Bosc, 1802
Synonyms 1

Pinnozoea Aikawa, 1933

Pinnotheres is a genus of crabs, including the pea crab. Many species formerly in Pinnotheres have been placed in new genera, such as Zaops ostreus (formerly P. ostreus), the oyster crab2 and Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae (formerly P. novaezelandiae), the New Zealand pea crab.3 The species currently recognised in the genus Pinnotheres are:1

  • Pinnotheres atrinae Sakai, 1939
  • Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983
  • Pinnotheres bidentatus Sakai, 1939
  • Pinnotheres bipunctatus Nicolet, 1849
  • Pinnotheres boninensis Stimpson, 1858
  • Pinnotheres borradailei Nobili, 1905
  • Pinnotheres corbiculae Sakai, 1939
  • Pinnotheres coutierei Nobili, 1905
  • Pinnotheres cyclinus Gordon, 1932
  • Pinnotheres dilatatus Shen, 1932
  • Pinnotheres dofleini Lenz, 1914
  • Pinnotheres edwardsi de Man, 1887
  • Pinnotheres excussus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980
  • Pinnotheres globosus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • Pinnotheres gordonae Shen, 1932
  • Pinnotheres guerini H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Pinnotheres haiyangensis Shen, 1932
  • Pinnotheres hanumantharaoi Devi & Shyamasundari, 1989
  • Pinnotheres hemphilli Rathbun, 1918
  • Pinnotheres hickmani (Guiler, 1950)
  • Pinnotheres hirtimanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Pinnotheres jamesi Rathbun, 1923
  • Pinnotheres kamensis Rathbun, 1909
  • Pinnotheres kutensis Rathbun, 1900
  • Pinnotheres lanensis Rathbun, 1909
  • Pinnotheres laquei Sakai, 1961
  • Pinnotheres latipes Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • Pinnotheres lithodomi Smith, 1870
  • Pinnotheres luminatus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980
  • Pinnotheres lutescens Nobili, 1905
  • Pinnotheres mactricola Alcock, 1900
  • Pinnotheres maindroni Nobili, 1905
  • Pinnotheres margaritiferae Laurie, 1906
  • Pinnotheres nigrans Rathbun, 1909
  • Pinnotheres obesus Dana, 1852
  • Pinnotheres obscuridentata Dai & Song, 1986
  • Pinnotheres obscurus Stimpson, 1858
  • Pinnotheres onychodactylus Tesch, 1918
  • Pinnotheres orcutti Rathbun, 1918
  • Pinnotheres ostrea (Aikawa, 1933)
  • Pinnotheres paralatissimus Dai & Song, 1986
  • Pinnotheres parvulus Stimpson, 1858
  • Pinnotheres pectunculi Hesse, 1872
  • Pinnotheres perezi Nobili, 1905
  • Pinnotheres pholadis De Haan, 1835
  • Pinnotheres pichilinquei Rathbun, 1923
  • Pinnotheres pilulus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980
  • Pinnotheres pilumnoides Nobili, 1905
  • Pinnotheres pisum (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Pinnotheres pubescens (Holmes, 1894)
  • Pinnotheres pugettensis Holmes, 1900
  • Pinnotheres purpureus Alcock, 1900
  • Pinnotheres quadratus Rathbun, 1909
  • Pinnotheres ridgewayi Southwell, 1911
  • Pinnotheres rouxi H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Pinnotheres sanguinolariae Pillai, 1951
  • Pinnotheres sebastianensis (Rodrigues da Costa, 1970)
  • Pinnotheres serrignathus Shen, 1932
  • Pinnotheres shoemakeri Rathbun, 1918
  • Pinnotheres siamensis Rathbun, 1909
  • Pinnotheres socius Lanchester, 1902
  • Pinnotheres taichungae K. Sakai, 2000
  • Pinnotheres taylori Rathbun, 1918
  • Pinnotheres tenuipes Borradaile, 1903
  • Pinnotheres trichopus Tesch, 1918
  • Pinnotheres tsingtaoensis Shen, 1932
  • Pinnotheres vicajii Chhapgar, 1957
References

References

  1. Peter Davie & Michael Türkay. "Pinnotheres Bosc, 1802". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. 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. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nepinnotheres novaezelandiae (Filhol, 1885)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-03-04.