''Anatolikos'' is a genus of two species of

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...

s in the family

Cancridae Cancridae is a family of crabs. It comprises six extant genera, and ten exclusively fossil genera, in two subfamilies: Extant Genera Cancrinae Latreille, 1802 *'' Anatolikos'' Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000 * ''Cancer'' Linnaeus, 1758 *'' Glebocarc ...

. They are recorded from

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

Schweitzer, C. E. and R. M. Feldmann. (2000)
Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species.
''Contributions to Zoology'' 69(4), 223-50. and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

.Tavares, M. and R. Cleva. (2010)
Trichopeltariidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), a new family and superfamily of eubrachyuran crabs with description of one new genus and five new species.
''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia'' 50(9), 97-157. Two

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...

species are known, one from Japan and one from

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

.Schweitzer, C. E., et al. (2006)
New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, México.
''Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum'' 33(2006), 1-14. These crabs were classified in the genus ''

Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

'' until 2000, when it was split into several new genera. ''Anatolikos'' species have a

carapace A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the unde ...

that is wider than long and granular in texture. It is edged with several spines separated by fissures. Five of the spines coalesce to form a front that extends past the eyes, a character unique to the genus. The orbital rims are thickened; the genus ''Anisospinos'' has a similar feature, but can be distinguished by its sharp, curving spines. The genus name is from the

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''anatolikos'' ("eastern"), a reference to its range in Japan. It includes the following species:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16974150 Cancroidea Crustaceans of Asia