Ashtoret

Not to be confused with Ashtoreth.

Ashtoret Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Ashtoret lunaris , dorsal side
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Matutidae
Genus:	Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994

Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species: ^[1]

• Ashtoret granulosa (Miers, 1877)
• Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
• Ashtoret maculata (Miers, 1877)
• Ashtoret miersii (Henderson, 1887)
• Ashtoret obtusifrons (Miers, 1877)
• Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
• Ashtoret sangiannulata Galil & Clark, 1994
• Ashtoret shengmuae Galil & Clark, 1994

• 
  Ashtoret lunaris
• 
  Ashtoret picta

In addition, a single, ^[2] unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan. ^[3]

References

1. P. Davie & M. Turkay (2010). "Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1994". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved December 6, 2010.
2. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
3. Hiroaki Karasawa (2002). "First record of a Miocene matutid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum . 29: 93–94. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2005.