Bathynectes maravigna

Bathynectes maravigna
Preserved specimen collected from Madeira
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Polybiidae
Genus:	Bathynectes
Species:	B. maravigna
Binomial name
Bathynectes maravigna (Prestandrea, 1839)

Bathynectes maravigna, the deepsea swimming crab, is a deep-sea species of portunoid crab found in the North Atlantic.

Classification

Bathynectes maravigna was first described in 1839 in the genus Portunus by Nicolo Prestandrea, and several species described later by other authors have since been synonymized with B. maravigna. ^[1]

It is sometimes commonly known as the "deepsea swimming crab". ^[2]

Distribution

Bathynectes maravigna is a North Atlantic species found on both the east and west coasts of that part of the ocean. It is found from the American state of Massachusetts south to Florida on the west coast and from around Iceland, the Faroe islands and Norway south to around Morocco on the east coast, as well as throughout the Mediterranean. ^[3]

Further reading

• Original description (in Italian)

References

1. Ingle, R. W. (1980). British crabs. London : British Museum (Natural History) ; New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-858503-9.
2. "Bathynectes maravigna, deepsea swimming crab". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
3. Abelló, P.; Ungaro, N.; Politou, C.-Y.; Torres, P.; Roman, E.; Rinelli, P.; Maiorano, P.; Norrito, G. (2001), "Notes on the distribution and biology of the deep-sea crab Bathynectes maravigna (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea", Advances in Decapod Crustacean Research, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 187–192, ISBN   978-90-481-5688-7 , retrieved 2025-06-06