Platypodia alcocki

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Platypodia alcocki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Platypodia
Species:
P. alcocki
Binomial name
Platypodia alcocki
Buitendijk, 1941 [1]

Platypodia alcocki is a species of crab. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - Platypodia alcocki Buitendijk, 1941". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 January 2014.