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Genus of crabs

Smalleyus
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Smalleyus
Alvarez, 1989
Species: S. tricristatus
Binomial name
Smalleyus tricristatus
Alvarez, 1989

Smalleyus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the single species Smalleyus tricristatus.

Smalleyus tricristatus was described by Fernando Alvarez in 1989, based on specimens collected in the Los Tuxtlas region of Veracruz, adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico (18°26′N 94°57′W / 18.433°N 94.950°W / 18.433; -94.950).

Smalleyus tricristatus is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.

References

  1. ^ Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Smalleyus tricristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T134334A3940128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134334A3940128.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. Fernando Alvarez (1989). "Smalleyus tricristatus, new genus, new species, and Pseudothelphusa parabelliana, new species. (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 102 (1): 45–49.
Taxon identifiers
Smalleyus tricristatus


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