Anatolikos

Anatolikos is a genus of two species of crabs in the family Cancridae. They are recorded from Japan[1] and Taiwan.[2] Two fossil species are known, one from Japan[1] and one from Mexico.[3]

Anatolikos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Cancroidea
Family:	Cancridae
Subfamily:	Cancrinae
Genus:	Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
Species
2

These crabs were classified in the genus Cancer until 2000, when it was split into several new genera.[1]

Anatolikos species have a carapace that is wider than long and granular in texture. It is edged with several spines separated by fissures. Five of the spines coalesce to form a front that extends past the eyes, a character unique to the genus. The orbital rims are thickened; the genus Anisospinos has a similar feature, but can be distinguished by its sharp, curving spines.[1]

The genus name is from the Greek anatolikos ("eastern"), a reference to its range in Japan.[1]

Species include:

• Extant
  • Anatolikos japonicus
  • Anatolikos tumifrons
• Fossil
  • Anatolikos itoigawai
  • Anatolikos undecimspinosus[3]

References

1. Schweitzer, C. E. and R. M. Feldmann. (2000). Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species. Contributions to Zoology 69(4), 223-50.
2. Tavares, M. and R. Cleva. (2010). Trichopeltariidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), a new family and superfamily of eubrachyuran crabs with description of one new genus and five new species. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 50(9), 97-157.
3. Schweitzer, C. E., et al. (2006). New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, México. Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33(2006), 1-14.

External links

• Davie, P. (2013). Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000. World Register of Marine Species. Accessed 1 December 2013.