Polydectus Explained

Polydectus cupulifer is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, and the only species in the genus Polydectus.[1] Together with the genus Lybia, it forms the subfamily Polydectinae.[2] It is found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from Madagascar and the Red Sea in the west to Japan, Hawaii and French Polynesia in the east.[3] P. cupulifer is densely covered with setae (bristles), and frequently carries a sea anemone in each chela (claw).[4]

Notes and References

  1. . 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 . amp .
  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.
  3. Book: P. J. F. Davie . 2002 . Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura . Zoological Catalogue of Australia . 19 . . 9780643067929 . Xanthidae: Polydectinae . 546–547.
  4. Shou-Yu Chen . Pan-Wen Hsueh . amp . 2007 . Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, 1812) (Decapoda, Xanthidae): first record from Taiwan . . 80 . 4 . 411–415 . 10.1163/156854007780440894.

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