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Paracleistostoma wardi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Camptandriidae
Genus:	Paracleistostoma
Species:	P. wardi
Binomial name
Paracleistostoma wardi (Rathbun, 1926)

Paracleistostoma wardi is a species of crab first described as Cleistostoma wardi in 1926 by zoologist Mary J. Rathbun and named after former actor, marine collector and later honorary zoologist Charles Melbourne Ward. The type specimens were from mudflats in Sandgate, Queensland, Australia. It is known as Ward's hairy-legged crab, with Rathbun describing it as having "Ambulatory legs" which are "densely hairy". The crabs are small with holotypes 17.6 mm across the carapace and 12.2 mm long. The claws are red to maroon, with the upper moveable male claw (dactyl) having one tooth, at the base. There is orange coloration at the front edges of the carapace behind the eyes. The carapace is smooth, slightly convex, and has no teeth on the sides and looks cut-off at the front edges. It is found in Queensland from Moreton Bay to Cairns.

References

1. ^ Rathbun, M. J. (1926). "Brachyuran crabs from Australia and New Guinea". Records of the Australian Museum. 15 (2): 177–182. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.15.1926.808.
2. "Charles Melbourne Ward". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 2006. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
3. Davie, Peter (2011). Wild Guide to Moreton Bay and Adjacent Coasts Volume 2. Queensland Museum. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-9870555-7-6.
4. ^ "Ward's Hairy Legged Crab" (PDF). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
5. "THE MACROPHTHALMINAE OF AUSTRALASIA". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 31: 195–262. 1967.

External links

• Cairns Nature Album Mangrove Walk (Includes P. wardi)

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