Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Thoracotremata
Superfamilia: Grapsoidea

Familia: Varunidae
Genus: Orcovita
Species: Orcovita hicksi

Name

Orcovita hicksi Davie & Ng., 2012

Holotype: WAM-C49450, field no. BES14437. male (17.4 × 13.2 mm).

Type locality: Christmas Island, Whip Cave, Waterfall Road, Christmas Island, 10°25'22.0"S, 105°42'04.4"E.

References

  • Peter J.F. Davie & Peter K.L. Ng. 2012: Two new species of Orcovita (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) from anchialine caves on Christmas Island, Eastern Indian Ocean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60(1): 57–70. pdf.
  • Ng, P.K.L., D. Guinot, & T.M. Iliffe, 1996: Revision of the anchialine varunine crabs of the genus Orcovita Ng & Tomascik, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae), with descriptions of four new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 44 (1): 109–134.
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