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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