Actumnus

Actumnus
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pilumnidae
Genus: Actumnus
Dana, 1851 [1]
Type species
Actumnus tomensotus
Dana, 1852

Actumnus is an genus of crabs in the family Pilumnidae. Alongside the 28 extant species, it has a fossil record extending back into the Miocene.[2]

Species

Actumnus contains 28 extant species:[3]

  • Actumnus amirantensis Rathbun, 1911
  • Actumnus anthelmei Ward, 1942
  • Actumnus arbutum Alcock, 1898
  • Actumnus asper (Rüppell, 1830)
  • Actumnus calypso (Herbst, 1801)
  • Actumnus davoensis Ward, 1941
  • Actumnus digitalis (Rathbun, 1907)
  • Actumnus dorsipes (Stimpson, 1858)
  • Actumnus elegans De Man, 1888
  • Actumnus fissifrons Alcock, 1898
  • Actumnus forficigerus (Stimpson, 1858)
  • Actumnus globulus Heller, 1891
  • Actumnus granotuberosus Garth & Kim, 1983
  • Actumnus griffini Takeda & Webber, 2006
  • Actumnus intermedius Balss, 1922
  • Actumnus margarodes MacGilchrist, 1905
  • Actumnus marissinicus Takeda & Miyake, 1977
  • Actumnus miliaris A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
  • Actumnus obesus Dana, 1852
  • Actumnus parvulus A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
  • Actumnus setifer (De Haan, 1835)
  • Actumnus setosiareolatus Takeda, 1977
  • Actumnus similis Takeda & Miyake, 1969
  • Actumnus simplex Rathbun, 1911
  • Actumnus squamosus (De Haan, 1835)
  • Actumnus taiwanicus Ho, Yu & Ng, 2001
  • Actumnus targionii Cano, 1889
  • Actumnus tesselatus Alcock, 1898

Two further species are known only from fossils.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. Hiroaki Karasawa & Carrie E. Schweitzer (2006). "A new classification of the Xanthoidea sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) based on phylogenetic analysis and traditional systematics and evaluation of all fossil Xanthoidea sensu lato" (PDF). Contributions to Zoology 75 (1/2): 23–73.
  3. 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.