Hymenosoma Explained

Hymenosoma (crown crabs) is a genus of crabs, containing the following species:^{[1] [2]}

• Hymenosoma depressum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
• Hymenosoma gaudichaudii Guérin, 1831
• Hymenosoma geometricum Stimpson, 1858
• Hymenosoma hodgkini Lucas, 1980
• Hymenosoma longicrure Dawson & Griffiths, 2012
• Hymenosoma orbiculare Desmarest, 1823
• Hymenosoma projectum Dawson & Griffiths, 2012
• Hymenosoma trilobatum Dawson & Griffiths, 2012

The majority of the species are found around southern Africa; the Australasian species H. hodgkini and H. geometricum may be better placed in other genera.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Peter Davie . 2013 . Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823 . 204330 . May 10, 2013.
2. Jessica Dawson . Charles L. Griffiths . 2012 . Revision of the crown crabs, genus Hymenosoma (Crustacea : Hymenosomatidae), of South Africa . . 8 . 16–29 .
3. . 53 . 23–33 . 2009 . Tri-locus sequence data reject a "Gondwanan origin hypothesis" for the African/South Pacific crab genus Hymenosoma . Peter R. Teske . Colin L. McLay . Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo . Isabelle Papadopoulos . Brent K. Newman . Charles L. Griffiths . Christopher D. McQuaid . Nigel P. Barker . Gaetan Borgonie . Luciano B. Beheregaray . 19501181 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.031.