Hirsutodynomene is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Dynomenidae
Dynomenidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Dromioidea mostly found in Madagascar. There are nineteen genera in this family: five extant and fourteen known from fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, ...
. All species in this genus except the newest one belonged to the genus ''
Dynomene''.
These two genera form the subfamilia
Dynomeninae. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
of this genus is: ''
Dynomene spinosa''
(Rathbun, 1911).
Species
The following are the 3 species as recorded in the
WoRMS Worms may refer to:
*Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs
Places
*Worms, Germany, a city
**Worms (electoral district)
*Worms, Nebraska, U.S.
*Worms im Veltlintal, the German name for Bormio, Italy
Arts and entertainme ...
database:
* ''
Hirsutodynomene spinosa''
(Rathbun, 1911)
* ''
Hirsutodynomene ursula''
(Stimpson, 1860)
* ''
Hirsutodynomene vespertilio''
Mclay & Ng, 2005
References
Dromiacea
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