Microthelphusa wymani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Pseudothelphusidae |
Genus: | Microthelphusa |
Species: | M. wymani |
Binomial name | |
Microthelphusa wymani (Rathbun, 1905) | |
Distribution Native range |
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Microthelphusa wymani is morphologically similar to M. meansi and M. somanni. [3]
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