Hymenosoma lurio
| Hymenosoma lurio | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Hymenosomatidae |
| Genus: | Hymenosoma |
| Species: | H. lurio
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| Binomial name | |
| Hymenosoma lurio Poore, Jaime & Teske, 2025
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Hymenosoma lurio, the Lúrio crown crab, is a species of crab in the family Hymenosomatidae.[1] It has so far only been reported from the estuary of the Lúrio River in northern Mozambique, after which it is named.[2]
This species is morphologically most similar to H. crosnieri Naruse & Guinot, 2023 from Madagascar.[2] Genetic data further indicate a close relationship with H. projectum Dawson & Griffiths, 2012,[2] a species found in estuaries of north-eastern South Africa.
References
- ^ "WoRMS taxon details - Hymenosoma lurio". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ a b c G.C.B Poore; G.L.M. Jaime; P.R. Teske (2025). "A new species of Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823 (Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from Mozambique, with diagnoses and a key to species of the genus". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 45 (3) ruaf038. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruaf038.