Smalleyus

Smalleyus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the single species Smalleyus tricristatus.[1]

Smalleyus tricristatus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:	Smalleyus Alvarez, 1989
Species:	S. tricristatus
Binomial name
Smalleyus tricristatus Alvarez, 1989

Smalleyus tricristatus was described by Fernando Alvarez in 1989, based on specimens collected in the Los Tuxtlas region of Veracruz, adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico (18°26′N 94°57′W).[2]

Smalleyus tricristatus is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[3]

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.
2. Fernando Alvarez (1989). "Smalleyus tricristatus, new genus, new species, and Pseudothelphusa parabelliana, new species. (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 102 (1): 45–49.
3. N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Smalleyus tricristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134334A3940128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134334A3940128.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.