Smalleyus

Smalleyus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Pseudothelphusidae
Genus:	Smalleyus Alvarez, 1989
Species:	S. tricristatus
Binomial name
Smalleyus tricristatus Alvarez, 1989

Smalleyus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudothelphusidae, containing the single species Smalleyus tricristatus. ^[2]

Smalleyus tricristatus was described by Fernando Alvarez in 1989, based on specimens collected in the Los Tuxtlas region of Veracruz, adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico ( 18°26′N94°57′W / 18.433°N 94.950°W / 18.433; -94.950 ). ^[3]

Smalleyus tricristatus is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. ^[1]

References

1. Cumberlidge, N. (2008). "Smalleyus tricristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T134334A3940128. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134334A3940128.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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.
3. Fernando Alvarez (1989). "Smalleyus tricristatus, new genus, new species, and Pseudothelphusa parabelliana, new species. (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 102 (1): 45–49.