Pleisticanthoides
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyOregoniidae
Habitatmarine
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Pleisticanthoides is a genus of crabs found in the western Pacific Ocean.
== Taxononomy == Pleisticanthoides was originally described by Yu Yokoya in 1933, but it was subsequently synonomized with Pleistacantha. It was revitalized as a valid genus in 2013 with the description of two new species.
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