Echinoecus

Echinoecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Pilumnoidea
Family: Pilumnidae
Genus: Echinoecus
Rathbun, 1894 [1]
Type species
Echinoecus pentagonus
Rathbun, 1894
Synonyms [2]

Proechinoecus Ward, 1934

Echinoecus is a genus of crabs that live in association with sea urchins.[2] Formerly considered monotypic, the genus is now thought to contain three species:[2]

References

  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: 138.
  2. 1 2 3 Diana G. B. Chia, Peter Castro & Peter K. L. Ng (1999). "Revision of the genus Echinoecus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Eumedonidae), crabs symbiotic with sea urchins". Journal of Crustacean Biology 19 (4): 809–824. doi:10.1163/193724099x00529. JSTOR 1549303.


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