Polydectus

Polydectus cupulifer is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, and the only species in the genus Polydectus.[2] Together with the genus Lybia, it forms the subfamily Polydectinae.[3] It is found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from Madagascar and the Red Sea in the west to Japan, Hawaii and French Polynesia in the east.[4] P. cupulifer is densely covered with setae (bristles), and frequently carries a sea anemone in each chela (claw).[5]

Polydectus cupulifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Xanthidae
Subfamily:
Polydectinae
Genus:
Polydectus

Species:
P. cupulifer
Binomial name
Polydectus cupulifer
(Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer cupulifer Latreille in Milbert, 1812
  • Polydectus villosus Dana, 1852

References
  1. Peter Davie (2010). "Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, in Milbert, 1812)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Xanthidae: Polydectinae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 19. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 546–547. ISBN 9780643067929.
  5. Shou-Yu Chen & Pan-Wen Hsueh (2007). "Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, 1812) (Decapoda, Xanthidae): first record from Taiwan". Crustaceana. 80 (4): 411–415. doi:10.1163/156854007780440894.


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