Conleyus defodio is a species of crab, the only species in the genus Conleyus and the family Conleyidae.[1] It lives in rubble beds in Guam, and is named after the collector Harry T. Conley.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Goneplacoidea |
| Family: | Conleyidae Števčić, 2005 |
| Genus: | Conleyus Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003 |
| Species: | C. defodio
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| Binomial name | |
| Conleyus defodio Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003
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References
edit- ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Peter K. L. Ng & N. K. Ng (2003). "Conleyus defodio, a new genus and new species of carcinoplacine crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Goneplacidae) from deep rubble beds in Guam" (PDF). Micronesica. 35–36: 431–439. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-15.
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