Bythograeidae

Bythograeidae
Austinograea yunohana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Bythograeoidea
Williams, 1980
Family: Bythograeidae
Williams, 1980
Genera
  • Allograea
  • Austinograea
  • Bythograea
  • Cyanagraea
  • Gandalfus
  • Segonzacia

Bythograeidae is a small family of crabs which live around hydrothermal vents. The family contains 14 species in 6 genera.[1][2] Their relationships to other crabs are unclear.[3] They are believed to eat bacteria and other vent organisms.

Species

References

  1. ^ Colin McLay (2007). "New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Zootaxa 1524: 1–22. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01524p022f.pdf. 
  2. ^ P. Davie (2010). "Bythograeidae Dana, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106746. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 
  3. ^ J. W. Martin & G. E. Davis (2001) (PDF). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132. http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf. 
Superfamilies of Infraclass Brachyura (true crabs)
Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Arthropoda · Class Malacostraca · Order Decapoda · Suborder Pleocyemata
Dromiacea
Raninoida
Cyclodorippoida
Eubrachyura