Ashtoret Explained

Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species:^[1]

• Ashtoret granulosa (Miers, 1877)
• Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
• Ashtoret maculata (Miers, 1877)
• Ashtoret miersii (Henderson, 1887)
• Ashtoret obtusifrons (Miers, 1877)
• Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
• Ashtoret sangiannulata Galil & Clark, 1994
• Ashtoret shengmuae Galil & Clark, 1994

In addition, a single,^[2] unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: P. Davie . M. Turkay . amp . 2010 . Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994 . . December 6, 2010.
2. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal . 2010-12-06 . 2011-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . dead .
3. . 29 . 2002 . 93–94 . First record of a Miocene matutid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Japan . Hiroaki Karasawa . https://web.archive.org/web/20051220230845/http://www.city.mizunami.gifu.jp/sightseeing/mizunami/cultural_property/institution/Bull29/BMFM29-093-094(76kB).pdf . dead . December 20, 2005 .