Tunicotheres

Tunicotheres
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Subfamily: Pinnotherinae
Genus: Tunicotheres
E. Campos, 1996[2]
Species:
T. moseri
Binomial name
Tunicotheres moseri
(Rathbun, 1918)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pinnotheres moseri Rathbun, 1918

Tunicotheres is a monotypic genus of crabs in the family Pinnotheridae, and Tunicotheres moseri is the only species in the genus. This crab lives commensally in the atrial chamber of a small ascidian (sea squirt).[3] It is found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Davie, Peter (2010). "Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun, 1918)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. ^ Davie, Peter (2011). "Tunicotheres E. Campos, 1996". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wellborn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).