Pugettia productus
| Pugettia productus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Genus: | Pugettia |
| Species: | P. productus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pugettia productus (J. W. Randall, 1840) | |
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Pugettia productus, known as the northern kelp crab or shield-backed kelp crab,[1] is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae.[2]
Distribution
Found along the Pacific Coast from southern Alaska to northern Mexico.[3]
Description
Dark brown coloured with carapace shaped like a police officer's badge or shield. As the name suggests, it feeds on kelp. Size to 9 cm (3.5 in) across the carapace.
References
- ↑ Dave Cowles (2005). "Pugettia producta (Randall, 1839)". Walla Walla University. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Andy Lamb & Bernard P. Hanby (2005). Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55017-361-1.
External links
- Pugettia producta, NW Marine Life
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