Ashtoret

Ashtoret
Temporal range:
Ashtoret lunaris, dorsal side
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Matutidae
Genus: Ashtoret
Galil & Clark, 1994

Ashtoret is a genus of crabs in the family Matutidae, containing the following species:

  • Ashtoret granulosa (Miers, 1877)
  • Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775)
  • Ashtoret maculata (Miers, 1877)
  • Ashtoret miersii (Henderson, 1887)
  • Ashtoret obtusifrons (Miers, 1877)
  • Ashtoret picta (Hess, 1865)
  • Ashtoret sangiannulata Galil & Clark, 1994
  • Ashtoret shengmuae Galil & Clark, 1994

In addition, a single, unnamed, fossil species is known from the Miocene of Japan.