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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Leucosiidae |
Genus: | Ebalia |
Species: | E. tumefacta
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Binomial name | |
Ebalia tumefacta (
Montagu, 1808)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Ebalia tumefacta, sometimes called Bryer's nut crab, [2] is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae. [1]
Ebalia tumefacta is a small, roughly diamond-shaped crab, with noticeably bulbous branchial regions. The carapace is wider than it is long, and has minute bumps, giving it a somewhat rough texture. It grows to about 12 millimetres (0.47 in) long and 13 mm (0.51 in) wide. The colouration varies greatly. Although some may have a variegated brown and black carapace, it usually ranges from reddish to greyish-white or yellowish-grey. Sometimes it may have red spots, and occasionally may contain an orange margin and a pale pink median band. [3] The shell has a fine, granular texture. The arms are equal in length and the claws are roughly equal in size. [2]
This species is found from West Africa to Norway, and is especially common around the British Isles; [4] it does not occur in the Mediterranean Sea. [2]
Ebalia tumefacta lives in muddy sand and gravel at depths of 2–15 metres (6 ft 7 in – 49 ft 3 in). [2]
Ebalia tumefacta | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Leucosiidae |
Genus: | Ebalia |
Species: | E. tumefacta
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Binomial name | |
Ebalia tumefacta (
Montagu, 1808)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Ebalia tumefacta, sometimes called Bryer's nut crab, [2] is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae. [1]
Ebalia tumefacta is a small, roughly diamond-shaped crab, with noticeably bulbous branchial regions. The carapace is wider than it is long, and has minute bumps, giving it a somewhat rough texture. It grows to about 12 millimetres (0.47 in) long and 13 mm (0.51 in) wide. The colouration varies greatly. Although some may have a variegated brown and black carapace, it usually ranges from reddish to greyish-white or yellowish-grey. Sometimes it may have red spots, and occasionally may contain an orange margin and a pale pink median band. [3] The shell has a fine, granular texture. The arms are equal in length and the claws are roughly equal in size. [2]
This species is found from West Africa to Norway, and is especially common around the British Isles; [4] it does not occur in the Mediterranean Sea. [2]
Ebalia tumefacta lives in muddy sand and gravel at depths of 2–15 metres (6 ft 7 in – 49 ft 3 in). [2]