Loxorhynchus crispatus

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Loxorhynchus crispatus
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epialtidae
Genus: Loxorhynchus
Species:
L. crispatus
Binomial name
Loxorhynchus crispatus
Stimpson, 1857

Loxorhynchus crispatus, known generally as the masking crab or moss crab, is a species of true crab in the family Epialtidae. It is found in the East Pacific. [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. "Loxorhynchus crispatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Loxorhynchus crispatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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