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] | |
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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
- ↑ "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ↑ Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2010). "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.