Bellia

Bellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Family: Belliidae
Genus: Bellia
H. Milne-Edwards, 1848
Species: B. picta
Binomial name
Bellia picta
H. Milne-Edwards, 1848

Bellia picta is a species of crab that lives around the coasts of South America, and the only species in the genus Bellia.[1] On the Atlantic coast, it is found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, while on the Pacific coast, it is found off Peru and Chile.[2] It probably lives in burrows and is a filter feeder.[3]

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ D. Boltovskoy, ed. "Bellia picta". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Species Identification Portal. http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=Zsao&menuentry=soorten&id=3765&tab=beschrijving. Retrieved February 3, 2010. 
  3. ^ Paulo S. Young, ed (1998). "Malacostraca - Eucarida. Brachyura. Pseudothelphusidae and Trichodactylidae". Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil (Catálogo de Crustáceos do Brasil). Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional. pp. 471. ISBN 8574270016. http://www.carcino.mn.ufrj.br/catalogo/. 

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