Bythograeidae

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Bythograeidae
Austinograea yunohana cropped.jpg
Gandalfus yunohana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Bythograeoidea
Williams, 1980
Family: Bythograeidae
Williams, 1980
Genera

The Bythograeidae are a small family of blind crabs which live around hydrothermal vents. The family contains 16 species in six genera.[1][2] Their relationships to other crabs are unclear.[3] They are believed to eat bacteria and other vent organisms.

Species[]

  • Genus Allograea Guinot, Hurtado & Vrijenhoek, 2002
    • Guinot, Hurtado & Vrijenhoek, 2002
  • Genus Austinograea Hessler & Martin, 1989
    • Guinot, 1990
    • Guinot & Segonzac, 2018
    • Guinot & Segonzac, 2018
    • Tsuchida & Hashimoto, 2002
    • Hessler & Martin, 1989
  • Genus Bythograea Williams, 1980
    • Guinot & Hurtado, 2003
    • Saint Laurent, 1988
    • Guinot & Segonzac, 1997
    • Saint Laurent, 1984
    • Williams, 1980
    • Guinot & Hurtado, 2003
  • Genus Cyanagraea Saint Laurent, 1984
    • Cyanagraea praedator Saint Laurent, 1984
  • Genus Gandalfus McLay, 2007
  • Genus Segonzacia Guinot, 1989
    • (Williams, 1988)
Austinograea rodriguezensis
Austinograea alayseae

References[]

  1. ^ Colin McLay (2007). "New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1524: 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1524.1.1.
  2. ^ P. Davie (2010). "Bythograeidae Dana, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  3. ^ J. W. Martin & G. E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132.


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