Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Majoidea
Familia: Oregoniidae
Genus: Pleistacantha
Species: P. cervicornis – P. exophthalmus – P. griffini – P. kannu – P. maxima – P. moseleyi – P. naresii – P. ori – P. oryx – P. pungens – P. rubida – P. sanctijohannis – P. stilipes
Name
Pleistacantha Miers, 1879
Type species: Pleistacantha sanctijohannis Miers, 1879 (type by original designation)
Synonyms
Echinoplax Miers, 1886
References
Primary references
Miers, E.J. 1879. On a Collection of Crustacea made by Capt. H. C. St. John, R.N., in the Corean and Japanese Seas. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 47–48. Internet Archive. Reference page.
Additional references
Ng, P.K.L., Ravinesh, R. & Ravichandran, S. 2017. A new large oregoniid spider crab of the genus Pleistacantha Miers, 1879, from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea). ZooKeys 716: 127—146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.716.21349. Reference page.
Links
Pleistacantha in the World Register of Marine Species
BHL bibliography
Pleistacantha – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pleistacantha.
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