Pilumnoides [SEP] parent taxon
Pilumnoides
Pilumnoides is a genus of crabs in the family Pilumnoididae. It contains the following species:
- "Pilumnoides coelhoi" – Abrolhos Archipelago
- "Pilumnoides hassleri" – Atlantic coast of South America
- "Pilumnoides inglei" – south coast of England
- "Pilumnoides monodi" – Gabon
- "Pilumnoides nudifrons" – Caribbean Sea
- "Pilumnoides perlatus" – Pacific coast of South America
- "Pilumnoides rotundus" – Pacific coast of the Neotropics
- "Pilumnoides rubus" – south
Pilumnoides inglei
Pilumnoides inglei is a species of crab, known only from a few specimens collected on derelict boats on the south coast of England.
Taxonomy.
"Pilumnoides inglei" was described in 1987 during a revision of the genus "Pilumnoides" by Danièle Guinot and Enrique Macpherson. It was named after Ray W. Ingle, who worked at the Natural History Museum and wrote the important book "British Crabs".
Description.
Although "Pilumnoides inglei" resembles "P. perlatus" very closely, the