Clythrocerus

Clythrocerus is a genus of brachyuran crab known from the Gulf of Mexico and western portions of the Atlantic Ocean.[1] It currently includes four species: C. stimpsoni, C. granulatus, C. perpusillus, and C. nitidus.[1]

Clythrocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Superfamily:
Cyclodorippoidea
Family:
Cyclodorippidae
Genus:
Clythrocerus

A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899
Type species
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Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:[2]

Cyclodorippidae 
 Clythrocerus 
 

Clythrocerus granulatus

 
 

Clythrocerus nitidus

 
 
 

Cyclodorippe

 
 

Deilocerus

 
 

Neocorycodus

 
 

References
  1. Goeke, Gary D.; Heard, Richard W. (1984-01-01). "A Review of the Genus Clythrocerus (Brachyura: Dorippidae) in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico with Notes on Clythrocerus stimpsoni". Gulf Research Reports. 7. doi:10.18785/grr.0704.06. ISSN 0072-9027.
  2. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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