Biology:Platymaia alcocki
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Short description: Species of crab
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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: | Inachidae |
| Genus: | Platymaia |
| Species: | P. alcocki
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| Binomial name | |
| Platymaia alcocki Rathbun, 1918
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Platymaia alcocki is a species of crab in the family Inachidae.
Distribution
It is found between the depths of 208 to 632.5 meters deep, and near Madagascar and the Philippines .[citation needed] It has been found in deep-water environments off the cost of Thailand[1] and in the Indian Ocean[2]
References
- ↑ Kamonchanok Wongissarakul; Pattanee Jantrarotai; Puntip Wisespongpand (May 2019) (PDF). Species richness and distribution of marine spider crabs (Majoidea) in Thailand (Report). International Conference on Biodiversity. p. 7. https://www.ibd2019exhibition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/P_122-128_Kamonchanok.pdf. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ↑ D.J.G. Griffin; H.A. Tranter (1986) (PDF). Some Majid Spider Crabs from the Deep Indo-West Pacific (Report). Australian Museum. p. 4. https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/16448/16448.pdf. Retrieved March 27, 2021. "Remarks. Previously only two species of Platymaia - P. alcocki Rathbun and P. turbynei Stebbing - had been reported from the Indian Ocean. We describe here a new species of Platymaia from off the north-west of Australia and also record P. fimbriata Rathbun, previously known only from the west Pacific, from the same area. Distribution. Indo-West Pacific."
Wikidata ☰ Q14117518 entry
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