Axius serratus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Axiidae |
| Genus: | Axius |
| Species: | A. serratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Axius serratus | |
Axius serratus is a species of thalassinidean crustacean found off the Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States, from Nova Scotia to Maryland.[2] It is capable of living in areas which are so polluted that other benthic animals cannot survive.[3]
References
- ^ "Axius serratus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
- ^ Brian Kensley (2001). "Two sympatric species of Axius from the north-west Atlantic (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Axiidae)". Crustaceana. 74 (9): 951–962. doi:10.1163/15685400152682692.
- ^ Michael J. Risk; Ronald D. Venter; S. George Pemberton; Dale E. Buckley (1978). "Computer simulation and sedimentological implications of burrowing by Axius serratus". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 15 (8): 1370–1374. doi:10.1139/e78-141.