What is Harryplax?
{{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Harryplax severus, male paratype dorsal.jpg | taxon = Harryplax | authority = Mendoza & Ng, 2017 | type_species = '''''Harryplax severus''''' | type_species_authority=Mendoza & Ng, 2017 }} '''''Harryplax''''' is a genus of [[crab]] containing the species '''''Harryplax severus'''''. ''H. severus'' occurs at depths of {{convert|1|to|7.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}. First collected in 1998 and described in 2017, the genus name honors collector Harry T. Conley, as well as the literary character [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] The species name alludes to [[Severus Snape]], also from the ''Harry Potter'' series.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mendoza|first1=Jose C.E.|last2=Ng|first2=Peter K.L.|title=''Harryplax severus'', a new genus and species of an unusual coral rubble-inhabiting crab from Guam (Crustacea, Brachyura, Christmaplacidae)|journal=ZooKeys|date=2017|issue=647|pages=23–35|doi=10.3897/zookeys.647.11455|pmid=28325962|pmc=5345348|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Greshko|first1=Michael|title=Pale, Beady-Eyed Crab Named for Harry Potter|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/new-crab-species-harry-potter-characters-severus/|website=National Geographic News|date=23 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Geggel|first1=Laura|title=Accio Crab! Newfound Crab Honors Harry Potter and Professor Snape|url=http://www.livescience.com/57601-newfound-crab-named-for-harry-potter.html|website=Live Science|date=23 January 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Crabs]]