Axius serratus
| Axius serratus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Axiidae |
| Genus: | Axius |
| Species: | A. serratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Axius serratus Stimpson, 1852 [1] | |
Axius serratus is a species of thalassinidean crustacean found off the Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States, from Nova Scotia to Maryland.[2] It is capable of living in areas which are so polluted that other benthic animals cannot survive.[3]
References
- ↑ "Axius serratus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
- ↑ Brian Kensley (2001). "Two sympatric species of Axius from the north-west Atlantic (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Axiidae)". Crustaceana 74 (9): 951–962. doi:10.1163/15685400152682692.
- ↑ Michael J. Risk, Ronald D. Venter, S. George Pemberton & Dale E. Buckley (1978). "Computer simulation and sedimentological implications of burrowing by Axius serratus". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 15 (8): 1370–1374. doi:10.1139/e78-141.
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