Leucosia anatum | |
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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: | Leucosia |
Species: | L. anatum
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Binomial name | |
Leucosia anatum (
Herbst, 1783)
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Leucosia anatum, also known as the pebble crab, is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae. [1]
This species has a strongly convex, elongate carapace. Its outline is somewhat rhomboidal. The front edge of the carapace is slender and obtusely triangular, with a pointed postorbital that points upward at an oblique angle. It has stout ambulatory legs, with each section being cylindrical and fairly smooth. [2]
This species is known to occur in the following locations: [2]
Leucosia anatum | |
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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: | Leucosia |
Species: | L. anatum
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Binomial name | |
Leucosia anatum (
Herbst, 1783)
|
Leucosia anatum, also known as the pebble crab, is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae. [1]
This species has a strongly convex, elongate carapace. Its outline is somewhat rhomboidal. The front edge of the carapace is slender and obtusely triangular, with a pointed postorbital that points upward at an oblique angle. It has stout ambulatory legs, with each section being cylindrical and fairly smooth. [2]
This species is known to occur in the following locations: [2]