Carpilius convexus

Carpilius convexus is a species of crab that lives in the Indo-Pacific, from Hawaii to the Red Sea and South Africa.[2] It was first described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 as "Cancer convexus", and has sometimes been treated as a variety of the larger species Carpilius maculatus.[2] The biology of the genus Carpilius is poorly known.[2] A Carpilius convexus coloration is a yellow-brown or red, with patches that are mainly brown, growing up to 25 cm. Despite us knowing their size, coloration, and habitat, little is known about their biology till this day.

Carpilius convexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Carpiliidae
Genus:
Carpilius
Species:
C. convexus
Binomial name
Carpilius convexus
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer convexus Forsskål, 1775
  • Cancer adspersus Herbst, 1790
  • Cancer petraeus Herbst, 1801

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. Regina Wetzer, Joel W. Martin & Sandra E. Trautwein (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships within the coral crab genus Carpilius (Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Carpiliidae) and of the Carpiliidae to other xanthoid crab families based on molecular sequence data" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27 (3): 410–421. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00021-6. PMID 12742746.


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  • Carpilius convexus (Male), Anterior view, Ludwig Wreck, Persian Gulf, 2012.
  • Carpilius convexus (Male), Posterior view, Ludwig Wreck, Persian Gulf, 2012.
  • Carpilius convexus (Female), Réunion.


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