Hymenosoma

Hymenosoma
Hymenosoma longicrure female from the Kwanyambalala Estuary, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Hymenosomatidae
Genus:
Desmarest, 1823

Hymenosoma (crown crabs) is a genus of crabs, containing the following species:[1][2][3][4]

  • Hymenosoma crosnieri Naruse & Guinot, 2023
  • Hymenosoma depressum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • Hymenosoma gaudichaudii Guérin, 1831
  • Hymenosoma geometricum Stimpson, 1858
  • Hymenosoma hodgkini Lucas, 1980
  • Hymenosoma longicrure Dawson & Griffiths, 2012
  • Hymenosoma lurio Poore, Jaime & Teske, 2025
  • Hymenosoma orbiculare Desmarest, 1823
  • Hymenosoma projectum Dawson & Griffiths, 2012
  • Hymenosoma trilobatum Dawson & Griffiths, 2012

The majority of the species are found around southern Africa; the Australasian species H. depressum, H. gaudichaudii and H. hodgkini may be better placed in other genera.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ Peter Davie (2013). "Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  2. ^ Jessica Dawson; Charles L. Griffiths (2012). "Revision of the crown crabs, genus Hymenosoma (Crustacea : Hymenosomatidae), of South Africa". African Natural History. 8: 16–29.
  3. ^ a b Tohru Naruse; Danièle Guinot (2023). "A new species of the genus Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Hymenosomatidae) from Madagascar. In: Corbari L, Richer de Forges B & Macpherson E (eds.), Deep-sea crustaceans from South-West Indian Ocean. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 33". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 217: 203–214.
  4. ^ Gary CB Poore; Graça LM Jaime; Peter R Teske (2025). "A new species of Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823 (Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from Mozambique, with diagnoses and a key to species of the genus". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 45: ruaf038.
  5. ^ Peter R. Teske; Colin L. McLay; Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo; Isabelle Papadopoulos; Brent K. Newman; Charles L. Griffiths; Christopher D. McQuaid; Nigel P. Barker; Gaetan Borgonie; Luciano B. Beheregaray (2009). "Tri-locus sequence data reject a "Gondwanan origin hypothesis" for the African/South Pacific crab genus Hymenosoma" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (1): 23–33. Bibcode:2009MolPE..53...23T. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.031. PMID 19501181. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2013-04-27.