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Albunea galapagensis Boyko, 2002

cangrejo, Crab

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Hippoidea

Family
Albuneidae

Genus
Albunea

Species
galapagensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Boyko, C.B. (2002) A Worldwide Revision of the Recent and Fossil Sand Crabs of the Albuneidae Stimpson and Blepharipodidae, new family (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Hippoidea). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 272: 1-396.

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