Orithyia sinica

Orithyia sinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Section:
Eubrachyura
Subsection:
Heterotremata
Superfamily:
Orithyioidea

Dana, 1852
Family:
Orithyiidae

Dana, 1852
Genus:
Orithyia

Fabricius, 1798
Species:
O. sinica
Binomial name
Orithyia sinica
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
  • Cancer sinicus Linnaeus, 1771
  • Cancer bimaculatus Herbst, 1790
  • Cancer mammillaris Fabricius, 1793

Orithyia sinica, sometimes called tiger crab or the tiger face crab, is a "singularly unusual" species of crab,[1] whose characteristics warrant its separation into a separate genus, family and even superfamily,[1] having previously been included in the Dorippoidea or Leucosioidea.[2] Its larvae, for instance, are unlike those of any other crab.[3]

  1. ^ a b Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (31 January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.649.2033. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2016.
  2. ^ Martin, Joel W.; Davis, George E. (14 December 2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Science Series. Vol. 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132. ISBN 1-891276-27-1. LCCN 2005351454. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2017.
  3. ^ Rice, A. L. (1980). "The first zoeal stage of Ebalia nux A. Milne Edwards 1883, with a discussion of the zoeal characters of the Leucosiidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)". Journal of Natural History. 14 (3): 331–337. doi:10.1080/00222938000770281.