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Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879)
The "sea urchin crab" Echinoecus pentagonus is a species of crab in the family Pilumnidae
Usually inhabits the anal pore of the sea urchin Echinothrix calamaris. Carapace width 1/2 inch. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomic synonyms of E. pentagonus include
Echinoecus klunzingeri Miyake, 1939
Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894
Echinoecus rathbunae Miyake, 1939
Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1906
Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Eumedonus petiti Gravier, 1922
Liomedon pentagonus Klunzinger, 1906
Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Unreviewed: Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Pilumnoidea (Superfamily) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Eumedoninae (Subfamily) > Echinoecus (Genus) > Echinoecus pentagonus (Species)
The "sea urchin crab" Echinoecus pentagonus is a species of crab in the family Pilumnidae
Usually inhabits the anal pore of the sea urchin Echinothrix calamaris. Carapace width 1/2 inch. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomic synonyms of E. pentagonus include
Echinoecus klunzingeri Miyake, 1939
Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894
Echinoecus rathbunae Miyake, 1939
Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1906
Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Eumedonus petiti Gravier, 1922
Liomedon pentagonus Klunzinger, 1906
Classification:
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Unreviewed: Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Pilumnoidea (Superfamily) > Pilumnidae (Family) > Eumedoninae (Subfamily) > Echinoecus (Genus) > Echinoecus pentagonus (Species)