Glassella

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: Thoracotremata
Superfamilia: Pinnotheroidea

Familia: Pinnotheridae
Subfamilia: Pinnothereliinae
Genus: Glassella
Species: G. costaricana
Name

Glassella Campos & Wicksten, 1997: 69

Original status: valid genus
Type species: Pinnixa costaricana Wicksten, 1982
Fixation: original designation [See p. 70 [And monotypy]

References

Wicksten, M.K. 1982. Pinnixa costaricana, a new species of crab from central America (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95(3): 579–582. BHL Reference page.
Campos, E. & Wicksten, M.K. 1997. A new genus for the Central American crab Pinnixa costaricana Wicksten, 1982 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(1): 69–73. BHL Reference page.