Pinnotheres
Encyclopedia
Pinnotheres is a genus
of crab
s, including the pea crab
and New Zealand pea crab. Many species formerly in Pinnotheres have been placed in new genera, such as Zaops ostreus (formerly Pinnotheres ostreus), the oyster crab
. The species currently recognised in the genus Pinnotheres are:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s, including the pea crab
Pea crab
The New Zealand pea crab, Pinnotheres novaezelandiae, is a small, parasitic crab that lives most commonly inside New Zealand green-lipped mussels. Adult females are about the size and shape of a pea, while adult males are smaller and flatter. Adult New Zealand pea crabs are completely reliant on...
and New Zealand pea crab. Many species formerly in Pinnotheres have been placed in new genera, such as Zaops ostreus (formerly Pinnotheres ostreus), the oyster crab
Oyster crab
The oyster crab, Zaops ostreus, is a small, whitish or translucent crab in the family Pinnotheridae. It is less than half an inch across, and lives inside the gills of an oyster or a clam. It uses the oyster for protection and lives on the food that the oyster gets for itself. It is found in...
. The species currently recognised in the genus Pinnotheres are:
- Pinnotheres atrinae Sakai, 1939
- Pinnotheres atrinicolaPinnotheres atrinicolaPinnotheres atrinicola is a small crab that lives symbiotically in the horse mussel Atrina zelandica around New Zealand. This species was recognised as being distinct from Pinnotheres novaezelandiae in 1983 .-External links:*...
Page, 1983 - Pinnotheres barbatus Desbonne, 1867
- Pinnotheres bidentatus Sakai, 1939
- Pinnotheres bipunctatus Nicolet, 1849
- Pinnotheres boninensis Stimpson, 1858
- Pinnotheres borradailei Nobili, 1905
- Pinnotheres corbiculae Sakai, 1939
- Pinnotheres coutierei Nobili, 1905
- Pinnotheres cyclinus Gordon, 1932
- Pinnotheres dilatatus Shen, 1932
- Pinnotheres dofleini Lenz, 1914
- Pinnotheres edwardsi de Man, 1887
- Pinnotheres excussus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980
- Pinnotheres globosus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
- Pinnotheres gordonae Shen, 1932
- Pinnotheres guerini H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Pinnotheres haiyangensis Shen, 1932
- Pinnotheres hanumantharaoi Devi & Shyamasundari, 1989
- Pinnotheres hemphilli Rathbun, 1918
- Pinnotheres hickmani (Guiler, 1950)
- Pinnotheres hirtimanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Pinnotheres jamesi Rathbun, 1923
- Pinnotheres kamensis Rathbun, 1909
- Pinnotheres kutensis Rathbun, 1900
- Pinnotheres lanensis Rathbun, 1909
- Pinnotheres laquei Sakai, 1961
- Pinnotheres latipes Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
- Pinnotheres lithodomi Smith, 1870
- Pinnotheres luminatus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980
- Pinnotheres lutescens Nobili, 1905
- Pinnotheres mactricola Alcock, 1900
- Pinnotheres maindroni Nobili, 1905
- Pinnotheres margaritiferae Laurie, 1906
- Pinnotheres nigrans Rathbun, 1909
- Pinnotheres novaezelandiae Filhol, 1885
- Pinnotheres obesus Dana, 1852
- Pinnotheres obscuridentata Dai & Song, 1986
- Pinnotheres obscurus Stimpson, 1858
- Pinnotheres onychodactylus Tesch, 1918
- Pinnotheres orcutti Rathbun, 1918
- Pinnotheres ostrea (Aikawa, 1933)
- Pinnotheres paralatissimus Dai & Song, 1986
- Pinnotheres parvulus Stimpson, 1858
- Pinnotheres pectunculi Hesse, 1872
- Pinnotheres perezi Nobili, 1905
- Pinnotheres pholadis De Haan, 1835
- Pinnotheres pichilinquei Rathbun, 1923
- Pinnotheres pilulus Dai, Feng, Song & Chen, 1980
- Pinnotheres pilumnoides Nobili, 1905
- Pinnotheres pisum (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Pinnotheres pubescens (Holmes, 1894)
- Pinnotheres pugettensis Holmes, 1900
- Pinnotheres purpureus Alcock, 1900
- Pinnotheres quadratus Rathbun, 1909
- Pinnotheres ridgewayi Southwell, 1911
- Pinnotheres rouxi H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Pinnotheres sanguinolariae Pillai, 1951
- Pinnotheres sebastianensis (Rodrigues da Costa, 1970)
- Pinnotheres serrignathus Shen, 1932
- Pinnotheres shoemakeri Rathbun, 1918
- Pinnotheres siamensis Rathbun, 1909
- Pinnotheres socius Lanchester, 1902
- Pinnotheres taichungae K. Sakai, 2000
- Pinnotheres taylori Rathbun, 1918
- Pinnotheres tenuipes Borradaile, 1903
- Pinnotheres trichopus Tesch, 1918
- Pinnotheres tsingtaoensis Shen, 1932
- Pinnotheres vicajii Chhapgar, 1957