Calvactaea
Genus of crabs
Calvactaea tumida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Xanthidae |
Genus: | Calvactaea Ward, 1933 |
Species: | C. tumida |
Binomial name | |
Calvactaea tumida Ward, 1933 |
Calvactaea tumida is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Calvactaea.[1]
Found primarily off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, as well as, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, and Japan.[2]
References
- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Marine Species Identification List
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