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Home » Guide »Arthropods (Arthropoda) »Crustaceans (Crustacea) »Malacostracans (Malacostraca) »Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) »Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) »Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs (Anomura) »Galatheoidea »Porcelain Crabs (Porcellanidae) »Polyonyx »Polyonyx gibbesi

SpeciesPolyonyx gibbesi

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)

PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)

SubphylumCrustacea (Crustaceans)

ClassMalacostraca (Malacostracans)

SuperorderEucarida (Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.))

OrderDecapoda (Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp)

InfraorderAnomura (Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs)

SuperfamilyGalatheoidea

FamilyPorcellanidae (Porcelain Crabs)

GenusPolyonyx

Speciesgibbesi (Polyonyx gibbesi)

Identification

According toOBIS, the only other porcellanid recorded in New England isEuceramus praelongus, which apparently looks very different.

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Contributed byAaron Hunt on 4 August, 2015 - 12:48am
Last updated 18 April, 2016 - 2:24pm

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