Echinoecus pentagonus

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Echinoecus pentagonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Superfamily:
Pilumnoidea
Family:
Pilumnidae
Genus:
Echinoecus
Species:
E. pentagonus
Binomial name
Echinoecus pentagonus

The "sea urchin crab" Echinoecus pentagonus is a

parasite that lives in the rectum of a sea urchin. In Hawaii, it chooses only Echinothrix calamaris, leaving few of these urchins unpopulated. Its curved and pointed carapace reaches only 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) in width.[3]

Taxonomic synonyms of E. pentagonus include:[4]

  • Echinoecus klunzingeri Miyake, 1939
  • Echinoecus pentagonus Rathbun, 1894
  • Echinoecus rathbunae Miyake, 1939
  • Eumedon convictor Bouvier & Seurat, 1906
  • Eumedon pentagonus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
  • Eumedonus petiti Gravier, 1922
  • Liomedon pentagonus Klunzinger, 1906

References

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  2. ^ "Echinoecus pentagonus (Milne-Edwards, 1879)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
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  4. ^ P. Davie (2010). "Echinoecus pentagonus". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 22, 2010.


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