Leucosia anatum, also known as the pebble crab, is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae.[1]
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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: | Leucosiidae |
| Genus: | Leucosia |
| Species: | L. anatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucosia anatum (Herbst, 1783)
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Description
editThis species has a strongly convex, elongate carapace. Its outline is somewhat rhomboidal. The front edge of the carapace is slender and obtusely triangular, with a pointed postorbital that points upward at an oblique angle. It has stout ambulatory legs, with each section being cylindrical and fairly smooth.[2]
Distribution
editThis species is known to occur in the following locations:[2]
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Persian Gulf
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Andaman Islands
- Mergui Archipelago
- Japan: multiple locations
- Korea
- Taiwan
- China in the sea around Guangdong
- Gulf of Tonkin
- Philippines: south of Manila Bay
- Indonesia: Ambon (type locality)
- Australia: multiple location
- New Caledonia: Ilot Maitre
- Fiji
References
edit- ^ Peter Davie (2012). "Leucosia anatum (Herbst, 1783)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
- ^ a b "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leucosia anatum". Species-identification.org. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
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