Biology:Polybius navigator
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Short description: Species of crab
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Polybiidae |
| Genus: | Polybius |
| Species: | P. navigator
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| Binomial name | |
| Polybius navigator (Herbst, 1794)
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Polybius navigator is a species of crab in the family Polybiidae.[2][1]
Distribution
Polybius navigator is found chiefly around the British Isles; its range covers the northeast 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
Polybius 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]
- Polybius navigator navigator (Herbst, 1794)
- (Risso, 1816) Polybius navigator rondeletii
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Grave, Sammy (20 May 2024). "Polybius navigator (Herbst, 1794)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1752525.
- ↑ 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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