Galapagos Species Database

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Leucosilia jurinii (de Saussure, 1853)

Cangrejo, Crab

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Leucosioidea

Family
Leucosiidae

Genus
Leucosilia

Species
jurinii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Guaia (Ilia) jurinii de Saussure, 1853 (Horton et al., 2021); Leucosia jurinei (Rathbun, 1925). .

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (L. jurinei) Eastern Pacific, Panamic Gulf and Galapagos Islands (Garth, 1991).

References

  • Garth, J.S. (1991) Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of Galápagos. Brachyura. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 123-155.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Rathbun, Mary J. (1925) The spiders crabs of America. Rathbun, M. (1925). The spiders crabs of America. In Smitsonian Institution.

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