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Pachycheles velerae Haig, 1960

Cangrejo porcelánido, Porcelain crab

Subttidal from 40 m

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Galatheoidea

Family
Porcellanidae

Genus
Pachycheles

Species
velerae

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands in Marchena) and Costa Rica (Chatham Bay, Cocos Island)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Harvey, A. W. (1998) Rediscovery and range extension of the Galapagos" endemic" Pachycheles velerae (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 18(4), 746-752.
  • Harvey, W.A. (1991) Biogeographic Patterns of the Galápagos Porcelain Crab Fauna. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 157-172.

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