Ovalipes is a genus of crabs in the family Ovalipidae.[1][2][3]

Ovalipes
Ovalipes punctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ovalipidae
Genus: Ovalipes
Rathbun, 1898
Synonyms
  • Anisopus De Haan, 1833
  • Aeneacancer Ward, 1922

Taxonomy

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The genus was first described by Mary J. Rathbun in 1898 and contains the following species:[4][2]

The following cladogram shows the relationship between the extant species of Ovalipes:[5]

Ovalipes
     
     

Ovalipes georgei

     
     
     
     
     

Ovalipes elongatus

     

Ovalipes trimaculatus  

     

Ovalipes catharus  

     
     
     
     
     

Ovalipes ocellatus  

     

Ovalipes stephensoni  

     

Ovalipes floridanus  

     
     

Ovalipes iridescens  

     

Ovalipes molleri


References

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  1. ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
  2. ^ a b De Grave, Sammy (20 November 2019). "Ovalipes Rathbun, 1898". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ^ Poore, Gary C.B.; Ahyong, Shane T. (2023). Marine Decapod Crustacea: A Guide to Families and Genera of the World. CRC Press. pp. 695–696. ISBN 978-1-4863-1178-1.
  4. ^ Rathbun, Mary J. (1898). "The Brachyura collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross on the voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Francisco, California, 1887-1888". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 21 (1162): 567–616. doi:10.5479/SI.00963801.21-1162.567. ISSN 0096-3801. Wikidata Q56203834.
  5. ^ Parker, Andrew R.; Mckenzie, David R.; Ahyong, Shane T. (22 May 1998). "A unique form of light reflector and the evolution of signalling in Ovalipes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.1998.0371. PMC 1689053.
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