Menippe nodifrons, commonly known as the Cuban stone crab, is a species of crab found in warm tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil,[3] and is found in the United States in east-central Florida[4] and off the coast of Louisiana.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Menippidae |
| Genus: | Menippe |
| Species: | M. nodifrons
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References
edit- ^ "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2010). "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ A. M. Madambashi, R. A. Christofoletti & M. A. A. Pinheiro (2005). "Natural diet of the crab Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Menippidae) in Paranapuã Beach, São Vicente (SP), Brazil" (PDF). Nauplius. 13 (1): 77–82.
- ^ T. M. Bert. "Speciation in western Atlantic stone crabs (genus Menippe): the role of geological processes and climatic events in the formation and distribution of species". Marine Biology. 93 (2): 157–170. doi:10.1007/BF00508253.
- ^ D. B. Reeves (2017). "Stone Crab Menippe spp. Populations on Louisiana's Nearshore Oil and Gas Platforms: Higher Density and Size at Maturity on a Sand Shoal". Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 146 (3): 371–383. doi:10.1080/00028487.2017.1281164.
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