Heikeopsis

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Heikeopsis
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Heikeopsis japonica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Dorippidae
Genus: Heikeopsis
Ng, Guinot & Davie, 2008 [1]
Species  [1] [2]
Synonyms

HeikeaHolthuis & Manning, 1990

Heikeopsis is a genus of crabs containing two species, Heikeopsis japonica and Heikeopsis arachnoides . The genus was originally described under the name "Heikea" by Lipke Holthuis and Raymond B. Manning in 1990, but was later revealed to be a junior homonym of the gastropod genus Heikea , erected by Orvar Isberg in 1934. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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 Davie (2010). "Heikeopsis Ng, Guinot & Davie, 2008". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved June 7, 2012.