Scleroplax

Scleroplax granulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pinnotheridae
Genus:	Scleroplax; Rathbun, 1894
Species:	S. granulata
Binomial name
	Scleroplax granulata; Rathbun, 1894 [1]

Scleroplax granulata is a species of crab in the monotypic genus Scleroplax. It was first described by Mary J. Rathbun in a paper dated 1893 but only published in 1894.^[2]

Scleroplax lives as a commensal of various burrowing animals including the mud shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis, N. gigas, Upogebia pugettensis and U. macginiteorum,^[3] and the echiuran worm Urechis caupo (known as the "fat innkeeper"),^[4] and occurs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Punta Abreojos, Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico.^[3]

References

↑ P. Davie (2009). "Scleroplax Rathbun, 1894". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
1 2 Ernesto Campos (2006). "Systematics of the genus Scleroplax Rathbun, 1893 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1344: 33–41.
↑ Stanley J. Edmonds (2000). "Phylum Echiura". In Pamela L. Beesley; Graham J. B. Ross; Christopher J. Glasby. Polychaetes & Allies: the Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia: Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. 4, pt. 1. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 353–374. ISBN 978-0-643-06571-0.

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[1] P. Davie (2009). "Scleroplax Rathbun, 1894". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 25, 2010.

[Ng-2] Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.

[Campos-3] 1 2 Ernesto Campos (2006). "Systematics of the genus Scleroplax Rathbun, 1893 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1344: 33–41.

[4] Stanley J. Edmonds (2000). "Phylum Echiura". In Pamela L. Beesley; Graham J. B. Ross; Christopher J. Glasby. Polychaetes & Allies: the Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia: Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. 4, pt. 1. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 353–374. ISBN 978-0-643-06571-0.