Quercus miyagii

Quercus miyagii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. miyagii
Binomial name
	Quercus miyagii; Koidz.[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Cyclobalanopsis miyagii (Koidz.) Kudô & Masam.; Cyclobalanopsis yayeyamensis (Koidz.) Kudô & Masam.;

Quercus miyagii is a species of oak native to the Ryukyu Islands.[2] A tree typically 12 metres (39 feet) tall, its acorns are consumed by the freshwater crabs Geothelphusa grandiovata and Candidiopotamon okinawense, which gather them and store them in their burrows.[3]

References

Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 167 (1912)
"Quercus miyagii Koidz". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
Sasaki, Takeshi; Naruse, Tohru (December 2014). "Acorn–foraging activity and feeding behaviour by two species of freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamidae) from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Crustacean Research. 43: 31–40. doi:10.18353/crustacea.43.0_31. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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[1] Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 167 (1912)

[359861-1-2] "Quercus miyagii Koidz". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[3] Sasaki, Takeshi; Naruse, Tohru (December 2014). "Acorn–foraging activity and feeding behaviour by two species of freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamidae) from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Crustacean Research. 43: 31–40. doi:10.18353/crustacea.43.0_31. Retrieved 16 October 2020.