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Conleyus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Goneplacoidea
Family: Conleyidae
Števčić, 2005
Genus: Conleyus
Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003
Species:
C. defodio
Binomial name
Conleyus defodio
Ng & N. K. Ng, 2003

Conleyus defodio is a species of crab, the only species in the genus Conleyus and the family Conleyidae.[1] It lives in rubble beds in Guam, and is named after the collector Harry T. Conley.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. ^ Peter K. L. Ng & N. K. Ng (2003). "Conleyus defodio, a new genus and new species of carcinoplacine crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Goneplacidae) from deep rubble beds in Guam" (PDF). Micronesica. 35–36: 431–439. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-15.