Thumbnail crab

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iThumbnail crab

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Thiidae
Genus: Thia
Species: T. scutellata
Binomial name
Thia scutellata
(Fabricius, 1793)

The thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata is a species of crab whose carapace resembles a human thumbnail. It is found in the North Sea, north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea [1].

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