Pleisticanthoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Oregoniidae |
| Genus: | Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Pleisticanthoides nipponensis Yokoya, 1933
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Pleisticanthoides is a genus of crabs found in the western Pacific Ocean.[1][2]
Taxononomy
[edit]Pleisticanthoides was originally described by Yu Yokoya in 1933, but it was subsequently synonomized with Pleistacantha.[3] It was revitalized as a valid genus in 2013 with the description of two new species.[3]
Species
[edit]Three species are recognised in this genus.[4]
- Pleisticanthoides cameroni Ng & Richer de Forges, 2012
- Pleisticanthoides piccardorum Ng & Richer de Forges, 2012
- Pleisticanthoides simplex (Rathbun, 1932)
References
[edit]- ^ Ahyong, Shane T. (19 July 2024). "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ a b Ng, Peter K.L.; Richer de Forges, Bertrand (2012). "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933, a valid genus of deep-sea inachid spider crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea), with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3551 (1): 65–81. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3551.1.5.
- ^ WoRMS. "Pleisticanthoides Yokoya, 1933". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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