Ovalipes

Ovalipes is a genus of crabs in the family Ovalipidae.^[2][1][3]

Ovalipes
Ovalipes ocellatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Ovalipidae
Genus:	Ovalipes Rathbun, 1898
Type species
Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst, 1799)
Synonyms[1]
Anisopus De Haan, 1833 Aeneacancer Ward, 1933 Corystes De Haan, 1833

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Mary J. Rathbun in 1898 and contains the following species:^[4][1]

• Ovalipes australiensis Stephenson & Rees, 1968
• Ovalipes catharus (White, 1843)
• Ovalipes elongatus Stephenson & Rees, 1968
• Ovalipes floridanus Hay & Shore, 1918
• †Ovalipes formosanus Hu & Tao, 1996
• Ovalipes georgei Stephenson & Rees, 1968
• Ovalipes iridescens (Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885)
• Ovalipes molleri (Ward, 1933)
• Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst, 1799)
• Ovalipes punctatus (De Haan, 1833)
• Ovalipes stephensoni Williams, 1976
• Ovalipes trimaculatus (De Haan, 1833)

The following cladogram shows the relationship between the extant species of Ovalipes:^[5]

Ovalipes	Ovalipes georgei                               Ovalipes australiensis       Ovalipes punctatus       Ovalipes elongatus       Ovalipes trimaculatus       Ovalipes catharus                               Ovalipes ocellatus       Ovalipes stephensoni       Ovalipes floridanus             Ovalipes iridescens       Ovalipes molleri

References

1. De Grave, Sammy (20 November 2019). "Ovalipes Rathbun, 1898". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
2. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
3. Poore, Gary C.B.; Ahyong, Shane T. (2023). Marine Decapod Crustacea: A Guide to Families and Genera of the World. CRC Press. pp. 695–696. ISBN 978-1-4863-1178-1.
4. Rathbun, Mary J. (1898). "The Brachyura collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross on the voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Francisco, California, 1887-1888". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 21 (1162): 567–616. doi:10.5479/SI.00963801.21-1162.567. ISSN 0096-3801. Wikidata Q56203834.
5. Parker, Andrew R.; Mckenzie, David R.; Ahyong, Shane T. (22 May 1998). "A unique form of light reflector and the evolution of signalling in Ovalipes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.1998.0371. PMC 1689053.