Teleophrys Stimpson 1860
- Dataset
- Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Mithracidae
- genus
- Teleophrys
type_taxon
Type species. Teleophrys cristulipes Stimpson, 1860 [Type locality: Cape Saint Lucas]. Remarks. American genus currently consisting of four recent species: Teleophrys cristulipes Stimpson, 1860 (EP), T. ornatus Rathbun, 1901 (WA), T. pococki Rathbun, 1924 (WA), T. ruber (Stimpson, 1871 a) [Mithraculus] (WA), and T. tumidus (Cano, 1889) [Mithraculus] (EP). Teleophrys also includes one fossil species from the early Miocene of Jamaica, T. acornis Portell and Collins, 2004.
Name
- Homonyms
- Teleophrys Stimpson 1860