*** Welcome to piglix ***

Echinoecus

Echinoecus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Pilumnoidea
Family: Pilumnidae
Genus: Echinoecus
Rathbun, 1894 
Type species
Echinoecus pentagonus
Rathbun, 1894
Synonyms 

Proechinoecus Ward, 1934


Proechinoecus Ward, 1934

Echinoecus is a genus of crabs that live in association with sea urchins. Formerly considered monotypic, the genus is now thought to contain three species:



...
Wikipedia

...