Persephona mediterranea

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Persephona mediterranea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Persephona
Species:
P. mediterranea
Binomial name
Persephona mediterranea
(J. F. W. Herbst, 1794)

Persephona mediterranea, the mottled purse crab, is a species of true crab in the family Leucosiidae. [1] [2] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. [2]

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References

  1. "Persephona mediterranea Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. 1 2 "Persephona mediterranea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

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