Menippe nodifrons

Menippe nodifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Menippidae
Genus: Menippe
Species: M. nodifrons
Binomial name
Menippe nodifrons
Stimpson, 1859 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Menippe nanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898
  • Menippe rudis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879

Menippe nodifrons (common name: Cuban stone crab) is a species of crab found in tropical warm waters in the west Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil,[3] but occurs in the United States only in east-central Florida.[4]

References

  1. "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  2. Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2010). "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  3. A. M. Madambashi, R. A. Christofoletti & M. A. A. Pinheiro (2005). "Natural diet of the crab Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Menippidae) in Paranapuã Beach, São Vicente (SP), Brazil" (PDF). Nauplius 13 (1): 77–82.
  4. T. M. Bert. "Speciation in western Atlantic stone crabs (genus Menippe): the role of geological processes and climatic events in the formation and distribution of species". Marine Biology 93 (2): 157–170. doi:10.1007/BF00508253.


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