Vellodius

{{Short description|Genus of crabs}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Vellodius | parent_authority = Ng & Yang, 1998 | species = etisoides | authority = (Takeda & Miyake, 1968) | synonyms = ''Pilodius etisoides'' <small>Takeda & Miyake, 1968</small> }}

'''''Vellodius etisoides''''' is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae. It was originally described as ''Pilodius etisoides'', but was transferred to the monotypic genus '''''Vellodius''''' in 1998.<ref>{{cite journal |author=P. K. L. Ng |author2=S.-L. Yang |name-list-style=amp |year=1998 |title=Description of a new genus for the xanthid crab ''Pilodius etisoides'' Takeda and Miyake, 1968 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) |journal=Journal of Natural History |volume=32 |issue=10–11 |pages=1685–1696 |doi=10.1080/00222939800771201}}</ref><ref name="Ng">{{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=Peter K. L. |author-link=Peter Kee Lin Ng |last2=Guinot |first2=Danièle |author-link2=Danièle Guinot |last3=Davie |first3=Peter J. F. |date=January 2008 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/04/s17rbz.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=8 June 2011 |via=the National University of Singapore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Peter Davie |year=2010 |title=''Vellodius etisoides'' (Takeda & Miyake, 1968) |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444106 |accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref> It is found around Amami Ōshima in the Ryūkyū Islands, and the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crabs_of_japan&id=1341 |title=''Vellodius etisoides'' |work=Crabs of Japan |accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref>

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Category:Xanthidae Category:Monotypic decapod genera