Melybia
| Melybia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Stimpson, 1871 |
| Species: | M. thalamita |
| Binomial name | |
| Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Melybia forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 | |
Melybia thalamita is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Melybia.[2] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico south to São Paulo, Brazil, at depths of 10–200 metres (33–656 ft).[3]
References
- ^ Davie, Peter (2010). "Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 – via the National University of Singapore.
- ^ Gerhard Pohle; Fernando L. M. Mantelatto; Maria L. Negreiros-Fransozo; Adilson Fransozo. "Brachyura larvae: Melybia thalamita". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Retrieved August 1, 2011.