Menippe adina

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Menippe adina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Xanthoidea
Family: Menippidae
Genus: Menippe
Species: M. adina

Menippe adina is a species of crab. Its very closely related to the Menippe mercenaria, it is sometimes considered to be a sub-species. Like the Florida stone crab they claws can be used as food. it's shell color is black-blue, its claw are dark-blue with crimson color on its top of its claws. It's legs are blue and purple colored. They can found living on the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico.


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