Biology:Persephona mediterranea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Leucosiidae |
| Genus: | Persephona |
| Species: | P. mediterranea
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| Persephona mediterranea (J. F. W. Herbst, 1794)
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Persephona mediterranea, the mottled purse crab, is a species of true crab in the family Leucosiidae.[1][2]
Description
Similar to other crabs in the genus Persephona, the mottled purse crab has a fat, round carapace. The anterior end of the carapace is short and squared off with three points. As a purse crab in the family Leucosiidae, the abdomen folding under the carapace forms a deep, purse-like brooding pouch.[3] Persephona spp. can be difficult to identify with morphology alone; however, the coloration of the carapace can be a way separate the species. The mottled purse crab typically has 7 - 14 larger reddish brown to light orange or tan splotches surrounded by a darker line and smaller splotches. These spots are separated by lighter lines, including one running from the anterior to the posterior end.[4]
Distribution and habitat
The mottled purse crab is found across the western Atlantic Ocean[2] from New Jersey in the United States to Uruguay.[5] This distribution includes within the Gulf of Mexico.[4] Within this range, the crab lives in shallow water offshore with sandy substrates.[3][5]
References
- ↑ "Persephona mediterranea Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/460521.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Persephona mediterranea Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=98368.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard S. (1988). Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the southeastern Atlantic coast. South Carolina: Univ. of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-535-7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Magalhães, Tatiana; Robles, Rafael; Felder, Darryl L.; Mantelatto, Fernando L. (2016-04-21). "Integrative Taxonomic Study of the Purse Crab Genus Persephona Leach, 1817 (Brachyura: Leucosiidae): Combining Morphology and Molecular Data" (in en). PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science) 11 (4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152627. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 27099956. Bibcode: 2016PLoSO..1152627M.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Martinez, Gaston; Scarabino, Fabrizio; Delgado, Estela (2009). "New records of the brachyuran crabs Hepatus pudibundus (Aethridae) and Persephona mediterranea (Leucosiidae) in their southernmost Western Atlantic distribution". Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 4 (3): 279–282.
Further reading
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 116, no. 1, 96-157.
- Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs Jr., R. B. Manning, et al. (1989). "Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans". American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17, 77.
Wikidata ☰ Q4477184 entry
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