Gemmotheres also known as the jewel-box pea crab,[3] is a monotypic genus of pea crab, which was erected in 1996 to hold the species Gemmotheres chamae (formerly Pinnotheres chamae).[4] The species lives as a commensal of the corrugate jewelbox, Chama congregata.[5]
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| Genus: | Gemmotheres Campos, 1996 [1]
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| Species: | G. chamae
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| Gemmotheres chamae (M. H. Roberts, 1975) [2]
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Pinnotheres chamae M. H. Roberts, 1975 | |
References edit
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ a b "Gemmotheres chamae (M. H. Roberts, 1975)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ^ "Gemmotheres chamae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Ernesto Campos (1996). "Partial revision of pinnotherid crab genera with a two-segmented palp on the third maxilliped (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 16 (3): 556–563. doi:10.2307/1548747. JSTOR 1548747.
- ^ Morris H. Roberts Jr. (1975). "Description of a pea crab, Pinnotheres chamae, sp. nov. from the jewel box, Chama congregata". Chesapeake Science. 16 (4): 238–241. doi:10.2307/1350942. JSTOR 1350942.
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