Parapinnixa
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Parapinnixa is a genus of crab
in the family Pinnotheridae
. Originally described by Samuel Jackson Holmes
as Pseudopinnixa, he published the replacement name
Parapinnixa the following year, after learning of the senior homonym Pseudopinnixa Ortmann, 1894.
The genus contains the following species:
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
in the family Pinnotheridae
Pinnotheridae
Pinnotheridae is a family of pea crabs. Pea crabs are tiny soft-bodied crabs that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs...
. Originally described by Samuel Jackson Holmes
Samuel Jackson Holmes
Samuel Jackson Holmes was an American zoologist. He was at University of California, Berkeley. He was also a eugenicist.He was the son of Joseph Holmes and his wife Avis Folger née Taber...
as Pseudopinnixa, he published the replacement name
Nomen novum
In biological nomenclature, a nomen novum , new replacement name is a technical term...
Parapinnixa the following year, after learning of the senior homonym Pseudopinnixa Ortmann, 1894.
The genus contains the following species:
- Parapinnixa affinisParapinnixa affinisParapinnixa affinis, the California Bay pea crab, is a species of pinnotherid crab endemic to Southern California. It is a small crab that lives commensally in the tube of a tube-dwelling worm...
Holmes, 1900 – California Bay pea crab - Parapinnixa beaufortensis Rathbun, 1918
- Parapinnixa bouvieri Rathbun, 1918
- Parapinnixa cortesi Thoma, Heard & Vargas, 2005
- Parapinnixa cubana Campos, 1994
- Parapinnixa glasselli Garth, 1939
- Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun, 1918
- Parapinnixa magdalenensis Werding & Müller, 1990
- Parapinnixa nitida (Lockington, 1876)