Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Majoidea > Family Epialtidae > Subfamily Pisinae

Hyastenus White, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hyastenus hilgendorfi De Man, 1887

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツノガニ属

Literature

original description	White, A. (1847). Descriptions of new Crustacea from the eastern seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15(172): 56-58 [For dates of publication see Waterhouse, 1893: 438 & Duncan, 1937: 80].
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum. 38: 1-837.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
identification resource	Windsor, A. M.; Ahyong, S. T. (2013). Hyastenus baru, a new species of spider crab from Indonesia (Brachyura, Majoidea, Epialtidae) with a key to the species of Hyastenus. Crustaceana. 86(6), 718-727.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Hyastenus White, 1847. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106904