| Hyastenus borradailei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Genus: | Hyastenus |
| Species: | H. borradailei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyastenus borradailei (Rathbun, 1907) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Hyastenus borradailei, sometimes called white-v hydroid spider crab, [2] is a small crustacean belonging to the Epialtidae family. [1] [2] It is native to the Indo-Pacific. [3]
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