Chirostylus

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: Anomura
Superfamilia: Chirostyloidea

Familia: Chirostylidae
Genus: Chirostylus
Species (7): C. dolichopus – C. micheleae – C. novaecaledoniae – C. ortmanni – C. rostratus – C. sandyi – C. stellaris
Name

Chirostylus Ortmann, 1892

References
Links

BHL bibliography
Chirostylus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chirostylus.
ION
Macpherson, E. (2012). Chirostylus Ortmann, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148414 on 2012-05-10

Chirostylus is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Chirostylidae, containing the following species:[1]

Chirostylus dolichopus Ortmann, 1892
Chirostylus micheleae Tirmizi & Khan, 1979
Chirostylus novaecaledoniae Baba, 1991
Chirostylus ortmanni Miyake & Baba, 1968
Chirostylus rostratus Osawa & Nishikiori, 1998
Chirostylus stellaris Osawa, 2007

References

Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore; Shane T. Ahyong; Adriana Bermudez; Patricia Cabezas; Chia-Wei Lin; Martha Nizinski; Celso Rodrigues; Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1905: 1–220.