Biology:Liocarcinus navigator
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Short description: Species of crab
| Liocarcinus navigator | |
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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: | Polybiidae |
| Genus: | Liocarcinus |
| Species: | L. navigator
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| Binomial name | |
| Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst, 1794)
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Liocarcinus navigator is a species of crab in the family Portunidae.[2]
Distribution
This species is found chiefly around the British Isles; its range covers the north-east Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea as far north as Trøndelag in Norway , and as far south as Mauritania, and it also occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[3][4]
Description
Liocarcinus navigator has a dark brown carapace up to approximately 33 millimetres (1.3 in) wide,[3] with lighter pereiopods.[5] The frontal margin of the carapace, between the eyes, has a fringe of hair but no spines.[3][5]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Liocarcinus navigator rondeletii (Risso, 1816)
- Liocarcinus navigator navigator (Herbst, 1794)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst, 1794)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2012. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107392.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kåre Telnes (February 13, 2012). "Arch-fronted swimming crab – Liocarcinus navigator". The Marine Flora & Fauna of Norway. http://www.seawater.no/fauna/arthropoda/navigator.html.
- ↑ Sven Gehrmann (2008). "Schwimmkrabbe, Polybius navigator (Herbst, 1794)" (in German). Die Fauna der Nordsee – Niedere Tiere I: Krebstiere, Asselspinnen, Ringelwürmer, Stachelhäuter, Manteltiere & Schwämme. 1. Books on Demand. p. 80. ISBN 9783981255300.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Liocarcinus arcuatus". Macrobenthos of the North Sea – Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal. http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crustacea&id=221.
Further reading
- Simon Jennings; John Lancaster; Andrew Woolmer; John Cotter (1999). "Distribution, diversity and abundance of epibenthic fauna in the North Sea". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79 (3): 385–399. doi:10.1017/s0025315498000502.
Wikidata ☰ Q2486506 entry
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