Plagusia squamosa
Plagusia squamosa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Plagusiidae |
Genus: | Plagusia |
Species: | P. squamosa
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Binomial name | |
Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Plagusia squamosa is a marine crab of the family Plagusiidae, formerly considered a subspecies of (as P. d. tuberculata).[1] It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans. P. squamosa's carapace is bumpy and quite coarse, seemingly scaly, leading to its common name: The Scaly Rock Crab.
References[]
- ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
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Categories:
- Grapsoidea
- Crustaceans described in 1790
- Crab stubs