Platymaia alcocki

Platymaia alcocki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Inachidae
Genus:	Platymaia
Species:	P. alcocki
Binomial name
	Platymaia alcocki;

Platymaia alcocki is a species of crab in the family Inachidae.

Distribution[]

It is found between the depths of 208 to 632.5 meters deep, and near Madagascar and the Philippines.^{[citation needed]} It has been found in deep-water environments off the cost of Thailand^[1] and in the Indian Ocean^[2]

References[]

^ Kamonchanok Wongissarakul, Pattanee Jantrarotai, Puntip Wisespongpand (May 2019). Species richness and distribution of marine spider crabs (Majoidea) in Thailand (PDF) (Report). International Conference on Biodiversity. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2021.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ D.J.G. Griffin, H.A. Tranter (1986). Some Majid Spider Crabs from the Deep Indo-West Pacific (PDF) (Report). Australian Museum. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2021. Remarks. Previously only two species of Platymaia - P. alcocki Rathbun and P. turbynei Stebbing - had been reported from the Indian Ocean. We describe here a new species of Platymaia from off the north-west of Australia and also record P. fimbriata Rathbun, previously known only from the west Pacific, from the same area. Distribution. Indo-West Pacific.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[1] Kamonchanok Wongissarakul, Pattanee Jantrarotai, Puntip Wisespongpand (May 2019). Species richness and distribution of marine spider crabs (Majoidea) in Thailand (PDF) (Report). International Conference on Biodiversity. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2021.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[2] D.J.G. Griffin, H.A. Tranter (1986). Some Majid Spider Crabs from the Deep Indo-West Pacific (PDF) (Report). Australian Museum. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2021. Remarks. Previously only two species of Platymaia - P. alcocki Rathbun and P. turbynei Stebbing - had been reported from the Indian Ocean. We describe here a new species of Platymaia from off the north-west of Australia and also record P. fimbriata Rathbun, previously known only from the west Pacific, from the same area. Distribution. Indo-West Pacific.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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