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Melybia thalamita Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Xanthidae Genus: Melybia
Stimpson, 1871Species: M. thalamita Binomial name Melybia thalamita
Stimpson, 1871Synonyms [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 (33–660 ft).[3]
References
- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422133.
- ^ 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ^ Gerhard Pohle, Fernando L. M. Mantelatto, Maria L. Negreiros-Fransozo & Adilson Fransozo. "Brachyura larvae: Melybia thalamita". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=zsao&id=3816&menuentry=soorten. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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