Ashtoret

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Calappoidea
Familia: Matutidae
Genus: Ashtoret
Species: A. granulosa – A. lunaris – A. maculata – A. miersii – A. obtusifrons – A. sangiannulata – A. shengmuae
Name

Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994
References

Galil B.S. & Clark P. F., (1994). A revision of the genus Matuta Weber, 1795 (Crustacea:Brachyura:Calappidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 294:1-55.

Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species:[1]

Ashtoret granulosa (Miers, 1877)
Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
Ashtoret maculata (Miers, 1877)
Ashtoret miersii (Henderson, 1887)
Ashtoret obtusifrons (Miers, 1877)
Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
Ashtoret sangiannulata Galil & Clark, 1994
Ashtoret shengmuae Galil & Clark, 1994

In addition, a single,[2] unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan.[3]
References

P. Davie & M. Turkay (2010). "Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
Hiroaki Karasawa (2002). "First record of a Miocene matutid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 29: 93–94. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2005.