Australian Museum Journal On the systematic position of Heloecius cordiformis
- Shortform:
- Türkay, 1984, Aust. Mus. Mem. 18(9): 107–111
- Author(s):
- Türkay, Michael
- Year published:
- 1984
- Title:
- On the systematic position of Heloecius cordiformis
- Serial title:
- Australian Museum Memoir
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 9
- Start page:
- 107
- End page:
- 111
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1967.18.1984.376
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 March 1984
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1983
- ISSN:
- 0067-1967
- CODEN:
- AUNMA5
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 09 September 2009
- Reference number:
- 376
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (104kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (859kb PDF)
Abstract
Males of Heloecius possess a coxo-sternal genital opening. This character suggests that Heloecius is the most primitive crab within the classical Ocypodidae. It is therefore excluded from the Ocypodinae and a new subfamily, the Heloecinae, is proposed for it. The relationships of this subfamily are discussed and Ucides, an American genus of mangrove crab, is provisionally included in the new subfamily.