Ashtoret

Ashtoret Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Ashtoret lunaris, dorsal side
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Matutidae
Genus:	Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994

Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species:^[1]

Ashtoret granulosa (Miers, 1877)
Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
Ashtoret maculata (Miers, 1877)
Ashtoret miersii (Henderson, 1887)
Ashtoret obtusifrons (Miers, 1877)
Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
Ashtoret sangiannulata Galil & Clark, 1994
Ashtoret shengmuae Galil & Clark, 1994

In addition, a single,^[2] unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan.^[3]

References

^ P. Davie & M. Turkay (2010). "Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106895. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
^ 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
^ Hiroaki Karasawa (2002). "First record of a Miocene matutid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Japan". Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 29: 93–94. http://www.city.mizunami.gifu.jp/sightseeing/mizunami/cultural_property/institution/Bull29/BMFM29-093-094(76kB).pdf?PHPSESSID=ab344723232868688e7e59c049311f4a.