Calvactaea
| Calvactaea tumida | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Calvactaea Ward, 1933 |
| Species: | C. tumida |
| Binomial name | |
| Calvactaea tumida Ward, 1933 | |
Calvactaea tumida is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Calvactaea.[1]
Found primarily off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, as well as, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, and Japan. [2]
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.
- ↑ Marine Species Identification List
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