Melybia

Melybia thalamita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Melybia
Stimpson, 1871
Species: M. thalamita
Binomial name
Melybia thalamita
Stimpson, 1871
Synonyms [1]

Melybia forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Melybia thalamita is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Melybia.[2] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico south to São Paulo, Brazil, at depths of 10–200 metres (33–656 ft).[3]

References

  1. Peter Davie (2010). "Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871". World Register of Marine Species.
  2. 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.
  3. Gerhard Pohle, Fernando L. M. Mantelatto, Maria L. Negreiros-Fransozo & Adilson Fransozo. "Brachyura larvae: Melybia thalamita". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Retrieved August 1, 2011.


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