''Calyptraeotheres'' is a genus of
pea crab
The pea crab, ''Pinnotheres pisum'', is a small crab in the family Pinnotheridae that lives as a parasite in oysters, clams, mussels, and other species of bivalves.
Description
Pea crabs are small crustaceans about the size of a pea or dime, wit ...
s in the family
Pinnotheridae
The Pinnotheridae are a family of tiny soft-bodied crabs that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs (and the occasional large gastropod mollusc species in genera such as ''Strombus'' and ''Haliotis''). '' Tunicotheres moseri ...
.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ...
lists the following species:-
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* '']Calyptraeotheres camposi
''Calyptraeotheres'' is a genus of pea crabs in the family Pinnotheridae.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:-
* '' Calyptraeotheres camposi'' Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx, 2014
* '' Calyptraeotheres garthi'' ...
'' Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx, 2014
* ''Calyptraeotheres garthi
''Calyptraeotheres garthi'' is a species of pea crab in the family Pinnotheridae. It is found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and is a parasitic castrator of the slipper limpet ''Crepidula cachimilla''.
Taxonomy
When Jorge L. Fenucci original ...
'' (Fenucci, 1975)
* ''Calyptraeotheres granti
''Calyptraeotheres'' is a genus of pea crabs in the family Pinnotheridae.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensiv ...
'' (Glassell, 1933)
* ''Calyptraeotheres hernandezi
''Calyptraeotheres'' is a genus of pea crabs in the family Pinnotheridae.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:-
* ''Calyptraeotheres camposi'' Ayón-Parente & Hendrickx, 2014
* ''Calyptraeotheres garthi'' (F ...
'' Hernández-Ávila & Campos, 2006
* '' Calyptraeotheres pepeluisi'' E. Campos & Hernández-Ávila, 2010
* '' Calyptraeotheres politus'' (Smith, 1870)
References
Decapods
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