Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Thoracotremata
Superfamilia: Grapsoidea
Familia: Xenograpsidae
Genus: Xenograpsus
Species (3): X. ngatama – X. novaeinsularis – X. testudinatus
Name
Xenograpsus Takeda & Kurata, 1977
Original status: valid genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Xenograpsus novaeinsularis Takeda & Kurata, 1977
Fixation: original designation [p. 100] [and monotypy]
References
McLay, C. 2007: New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa, 1524: 1–22. Abstract & excerpt
Ng, N.K.; Davie, P.J.F.; Schubart, C.D.; Ng, P.K.L. 2007: Xenograpsidae, a new family of grapsoid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) associated with shallow water hydrothermal vents. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (16): 233–256. PDF
Ng, N.K.; Huang, J.-F.; Ho, P.-H. 2000: Description of a new species of hydrothermal crab, Xenograpsus testudinatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae) from Taiwan. National Taiwan Museum special publication series, (10): 191–199.
Takeda, M.; Kurata, Y. 1977: Crabs of the Ogasawara Islands. IV. A collection made at the new volcanic island, Nishino-shima-shinto, in 1975. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (A), 3(2): 91–111. PDF
Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Xenograpsus is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Xenograpsidae.[1]
The species of this genus are found in Southeastern Asia and New Zealand.[1]
Species:[1]
Xenograpsus ngatama McLay, 2007
Xenograpsus novaeinsularis Takeda & Kurata, 1977
Xenograpsus testudinatus N.K.Ng, J.-F.Huang & Ho, 2000
References
"Xenograpsus Takeda & Kurata, 1977". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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