Pinnotheridae

Taxobox
name = Pinnotheridae

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image_caption = "Pinnotheres pisum"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Brachyura
superfamilia = Pinnotheroidea
superfamilia_authority = De Haan, 1833
familia = Pinnotheridae
familia_authority = De Haan, 1833
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision = See text

Pinnotheridae is a family of pea crabs. They are tiny soft-bodied crabs living commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs.

Genera and species

* Genus "Dissodactylus"
** "Dissodactylus alcocki"
** "Dissodactylus borradailei"
** Seabiscuit pea crab, "Dissodactylus crinitichelis"
** "Dissodactylus encopei"
** Sand-dollar pea crab, "Dissodactylus mellitae"
** "Dissodactylus primitivus"
** "Dissodactylus rugatus"
** "Dissodactylus stebbingi"
* Genus "Fabia"
** "Fabia byssomiae"
** "Fabia canfieldi"
** Smooth mussel crab, "Fabia concharum"
** Grooved mussel crab, "Fabia subquadrata"
** "Fabia tellinae"
* Genus "Opisthopus"
** Mottled pea crab, "Opisthopus transversus"
* Genus "Orthotheres"
** "Orthotheres affinis"
** "Orthotheres haliotidis"
** Conch pea crab, "Orthotheres strombi"
* Genus "Parapinnixa"
** California bay pea crab, "Parapinnixa affinis"
** "Parapinnixa beaufortensis"
** "Parapinnixa bouvieri"
** "Parapinnixa hendersoni"
* Genus "Pinnaxodes"
** Polkadotted pea crab, "Pinnaxodes floridensis"
** "Species Pinnaxodes gigas"
* Genus "Pinnixa"
** "Pinnixa barnhardti"
** "ies Pinnixa barnharti"
** Chace pea crab, "Pinnixa chacei"
** Tube pea crab, "Pinnixa chaetopterana"
** "Pinnixa cristata"
** "Pinnixa cylindrica"
** "Pinnixa eburna"
** Mantle pea crab, "Pinnixa faba"
** "Pinnixa floridana"
** "Pinnixa floridensis"
** "Pinnixa franciscana"
** "Pinnixa haematosticta" Sakai, 1934
** "Pinnixa hiatus"
** "Pinnixa leptosynaptae"
** Gaper pea crab, "Pinnixa littoralis"
** Longleg pea crab, "Pinnixa longipes"
** Lunz pea crab, "Pinnixa lunzi"
** Thumbless pea crab, "Pinnixa monodactyla"
** "Pinnixa occidentalis"
** "Pinnixa pearsei"
** "Pinnixa penultipedalis" Stimpson, 1858
** "Pinnixa rathbuni"
** "Pinnixa retinens"
** "Pinnixa sayana"
** Schmitt pea crab, "Pinnixa schmitti"
** "Pinnixa tomentosa"
** "Pinnixa tubicola"
** "Pinnixa weymouthi"
* Genus "Pinnotheres"
** Jewel-box pea crab, "Pinnotheres chamae"
** "Pinnotheres concharum"
** "Pinnotheres hemphilli"
** Squatter pea crab, "Pinnotheres maculatus"
** Ascidian pea crab, "Pinnotheres moseri"
** New Zealand pea crab, "Pinnotheres novaezelandiae" Filhol 1886
** "Pinnotheres nudus"
** Oyster pea crab, "Pinnotheres ostreum"
** "Pinnotheres pinnotheres"
** "Pinnotheres pisum"
** Puget pea crab, "Pinnotheres pugettensis"
** "Pinnotheres shoemakeri"
** "Pinnotheres taylori"
* Genus "Scleroplax"
** Burrow pea crab, "Scleroplax granulata"

External links

* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pinnotheridae.html animaldiversity]
* [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/cr/2004/00000077/00000010/art00007 Ingentaconnect]
* [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=10023765 CNRS]