Ashtoret

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Ashtoret
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
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Ashtoret lunaris, dorsal side
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Matutidae
Genus:
Ashtoret

Galil & Clark, 1994

Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • (Miers, 1877)
  • Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
  • (Miers, 1877)
  • (Henderson, 1887)
  • (Miers, 1877)
  • (Hess, 1865)
  • Galil & Clark, 1994
  • Galil & Clark, 1994

In addition, a single,[2] unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ P. Davie & M. Turkay (2010). "Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  2. ^ 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: 1–109.
  3. ^ Hiroaki Karasawa (2002). "First record of a Miocene matutid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Japan" (PDF). . 29: 93–94.[permanent dead link]


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