Gemmotheres Explained

Gemmotheres also known as the jewel-box pea crab,[1] is a monotypic genus of pea crab, which was erected in 1996 to hold the species Gemmotheres chamae (formerly Pinnotheres chamae).[2] The species lives as a commensal of the corrugate jewelbox, Chama congregata.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gemmotheres chamae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Ernesto Campos . 1996 . Partial revision of pinnotherid crab genera with a two-segmented palp on the third maxilliped (Decapoda: Brachyura) . . 16 . 556–563 . 3 . 1548747 . 10.2307/1548747.
  3. Morris H. Roberts Jr. . 1975 . Description of a pea crab, Pinnotheres chamae, sp. nov. from the jewel box, Chama congregata . . 16 . 4 . 238–241 . 10.2307/1350942 . 1350942.

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