Clythrocerus

Clythrocerus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Cyclodorippoida
Superfamily: Cyclodorippoidea
Family: Cyclodorippidae
Genus: Clythrocerus
A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899
Type species
Cyclodorippe nitida
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Clythrocerus is a genus of brachyuran crab known from the Gulf of Mexico and western portions of the Atlantic Ocean. It currently includes four species: C. stimpsoni, C. granulatus, C. perpusillus, and C. nitidus.

Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:

Cyclodorippidae 
 Clythrocerus 

Clythrocerus granulatus

Clythrocerus nitidus

Cyclodorippe

Deilocerus

Neocorycodus

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