Anatolikos
Genus of crabs
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Anatolikos is a genus of two species of crabs in the family Cancridae. They are recorded from Japan[1] and Taiwan.[2] Two fossil species are known, one from Japan[1] and one from Mexico.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cancridae |
| Subfamily: | Cancrinae |
| Genus: | Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000 |
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These crabs were classified in the genus Cancer until 2000, when it was split into several new genera.[1]
Anatolikos species have a carapace that is wider than long and granular in texture. It is edged with several spines separated by fissures. Five of the spines coalesce to form a front that extends past the eyes, a character unique to the genus. The orbital rims are thickened; the genus Anisospinos has a similar feature, but can be distinguished by its sharp, curving spines.[1]
The genus name is from the Greek anatolikos ("eastern"), a reference to its range in Japan.[1] It includes the following species:[4][3]
- †Anatolikos fujinaensis (Sakumoto, Karasawa & Takayasu, 1992)
- †Anatolikos itoigawa (Karasawa, 1990)
- Anatolikos japonicus (Ortmann, 1893)
- †Anatolikos tomowoi (Karasawa, 1990)
- Anatolikos tumifrons (Yokoya, 1933)
- †Anatolikos undecimspinosus Schweitzer, Feldmann, González-Barba & Ćosović, 2006