Bellia
For the turtle genus, see Siebenrockiella.
| Bellia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Family: | Belliidae |
| Genus: | Bellia H. Milne-Edwards, 1848 |
| Species: | B. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Bellia picta H. Milne-Edwards, 1848 | |
Bellia picta is a species of crab that lives around the coasts of South America, and the only species in the genus Bellia.[1] On the Atlantic coast, it is found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, while on the Pacific coast, it is found off Peru and Chile.[2] It probably lives in burrows and is a filter feeder.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ D. Boltovskoy (ed.). "Bellia picta". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- ↑ Paulo S. Young, ed. (1998). "Malacostraca - Eucarida. Brachyura. Pseudothelphusidae and Trichodactylidae". Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil (Catálogo de Crustáceos do Brasil). Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional. p. 471. ISBN 85-7427-001-6.
External links
Data related to Bellia at Wikispecies
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