Echinoecus is a genus of crabs that live in association with sea urchins.[2] Formerly considered monotypic, the genus is now thought to contain three species:[2]

Echinoecus
Echinoecus pentagonus
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Echinoecus

Rathbun, 1894 [1]
Type species
Echinoecus pentagonus
Rathbun, 1894
Synonyms [2]

Proechinoecus Ward, 1934

References

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  1. ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. ^ a b c Diana G. B. Chia; Peter Castro; Peter K. L. Ng (1999). "Revision of the genus Echinoecus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Eumedonidae), crabs symbiotic with sea urchins". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 19 (4): 809–824. doi:10.1163/193724099x00529. JSTOR 1549303.