Tunicotheres
| Tunicotheres | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Pinnotheridae |
| Subfamily: | Pinnotherinae |
| Genus: | Tunicotheres E. Campos, 1996 |
| Species: | T. moseri |
| Binomial name | |
| Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun, 1918) | |
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Tunicotheres is a monotypic genus of crabs in the family Pinnotheridae, and Tunicotheres moseri is the only species in the genus. This crab lives commensally in the atrial chamber of a small ascidian (sea squirt). It is found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.