Biology:Bellia
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Short description: Genus of crabs
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Belliidae |
| Genus: | Bellia H. Milne-Edwards, 1848 |
| Species: | B. picta
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| Bellia picta H. Milne-Edwards, 1848
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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
- ↑ 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". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 85-7427-001-6. http://www.carcino.mn.ufrj.br/catalogo/. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13437204 entry
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