Smalleyus

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

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 / 18.433°N 94.950°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. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved December 4, 2010.