Pilumnoides Explained

Pilumnoides is a genus of crabs in the family Pilumnoididae. The genus was erected by Hippolyte Lucas in 1844.^{[1] [2]} It contains the following species:^{[1] [3]}

• Pilumnoides coelhoi Guinot & Macpherson, 1987 – Abrolhos Archipelago
• Pilumnoides hassleri A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 – Atlantic coast of South America
• Pilumnoides inglei Guinot & Macpherson, 1987 – south coast of England
• Pilumnoides monodi Guinot & Macpherson, 1987 – Gabon
• Pilumnoides nudifrons (Stimpson, 1871) – Caribbean Sea
• Pilumnoides perlatus (Poeppig, 1836) – Pacific coast of South America
• Pilumnoides rotundus Garth, 1940 – Pacific coast of the Neotropics
• Pilumnoides rubus Guinot & Macpherson, 1987 – south-western Africa

Notes and References

1. Peter Davie & Charles Fransen . 2009 . Pilumnoides . 106942 . January 31, 2017.
2. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie . PDF.
3. . 1987 . Révision du genre Pilumnoides Lucas, 1844, avec description de quatre espèces nouvelles et création de Pilumnoidinae subfam. nov. (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura) . Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle . 4th series . 9 . A1 . 211–247 .