# Jacforus

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{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
| display_parents = 2
| genus = Jacforus
| parent_authority = Ng & Clark, 2003
| species = cavatus
| authority = ([Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1907)
| synonyms = 
* ''Cycloxanthops cavatus'' <small>Rathbun, 1907</small>
* ''Euxanthus minutus'' <small>Edmondson, 1925</small>
* ''Megametope sulcatus'' <small>Edmondson, 1931</small>
* ''Cycloxanthops cavata'' <small>(Rathbun, 1907)</small>
* ''Neoxanthops cavata'' <small>(Rathbun, 1907)</small>
}}

'''''Jacforus cavatus''''' is a species of [crab](/source/crab) in the [monotypic genus](/source/monotypic_genus) '''''Jacforus''''' in the family [Xanthidae](/source/Xanthidae).

== Description ==
''Jacforus'' is a small crab, with a [carapace](/source/carapace) around {{convert|5|mm}} long and {{convert|7|mm|abbr=on}} wide.<ref name="NgClark" />

== Distribution ==
''Jacforus cavatus'' has a wide distribution in the tropical [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific), ranging from [Kenya](/source/Kenya) to [Australia](/source/Australia), [Japan](/source/Japan) and [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii).<ref name="NgClark">{{cite journal |author1=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Paul F. Clark |year=2003 |title=Three new genera of Indo-West Pacific Xanthidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthoidea) |journal=[Zoosystema](/source/Zoosystema) |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=131–147 |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z03n1a4.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203826/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z03n1a4.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-19 }}</ref>

== Taxonomy ==
''Jacforus cavatus'' was [first described](/source/species_description) by [Mary J. Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun) in 1907 as ''Cycloxanthus cavatus''.<ref name="NgClark" /> It was described again by [Charles Howard Edmondson](/source/Charles_Howard_Edmondson) in 1925 as ''Euxanthus minutus'', and again by Edmondson in 1931 as ''Megametope sulcatus'', both of which are [junior](/source/junior_synonym) [subjective (heterotypic) synonyms](/source/subjective_synonym).<ref name="NgClark" /> The affinites of Rathbun's species with other genera have also been unclear;<ref name="NgClark" /> its apparent affinities with the genus ''[Medaeus](/source/Medaeus)'' are superficial.<ref name="NgClark" /> When Danièle Guinot split the genus ''[Cycloxanthops](/source/Cycloxanthops)'' in 1968, creating the new genus ''[Neoxanthops](/source/Neoxanthops)'', ''C.&nbsp;cavatus'' was not explicitly placed in either genus.<ref name="NgClark" /> A new genus, ''Jacforus'', was erected in 2003, commemorating [Jacques Forest](/source/Jacques_Forest),<ref name="NgClark" /> and containing only ''J.&nbsp;cavatus''.<ref name="Ng">{{cite journal |journal=[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/Raffles_Bulletin_of_Zoology) |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |author1=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-06 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/kalainvr/fish_pops/xanthis/crab20.htm ''Jacforus cavatus''], Marine Invertebrates of Kalaupapa National Historical Park

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Category:Xanthidae
Category:Crustaceans described in 1907
Category:Monotypic decapod genera

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