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]
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Genus: | Melybia Stimpson, 1871
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Species: | M. thalamita
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Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871
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Melybia forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 |
References
edit- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871". World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ 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.