Gandalfus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Bythograeoidea

Familia: Bythograeidae
Genus: Gandalfus
Species: G. puia – G. yunohana
Name

Gandalfus McLay, 2007
References
Primary references

McLay, C. 2007. New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa 1524: 1–22. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Gandalfus is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Bythograeidae.[1] Gandalfus species occur around hydrothermal vents.[2]

The species of this genus are found in the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species:[1]

Gandalfus puia McLay, 2007
Gandalfus yunohana (Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000)

References

"Gandalfus McLay, 2007". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
McLay, Colin (2007-07-09). "New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 1524 (1): 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1524.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.