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Gandalfus

genus of crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q18594323
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Gandalfus

Summary

Gandalfus is a taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Gandalfus's instance of is recorded as taxon[2].
  • Gandalfus is classified at the rank of genus[3].
  • Gandalf is named after Gandalfus[4].
  • Gandalfus belongs to the parent taxon Bythograeidae[5].
  • Gandalfus's scientific name is Gandalfus[6].
  • Gandalfus's Commons category is recorded as Gandalfus[7].
  • Gandalfus's described by source is recorded as New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura)[8].
  • Gandalfus's taxon author citation is recorded as McLay, 2007[9].

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Classification

Gandalfus's scientific name is Gandalfus[6]. Gandalfus is classified at the rank of genus[3]. Gandalfus belongs to the parent taxon Bythograeidae[5].

Discovery and Description

Gandalf is named after Gandalfus[4].

Identifiers

Gandalfus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 585896[10]. Gandalfus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4647569[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: Gandalfus gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura)
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    Taxon rank → genus
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