Platypodia eydouxi

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Platypodia eydouxi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Platypodia
Species:
P. eydouxi
Binomial name
Platypodia eydouxi

Platypodia eydouxi, also called the red-eyed xanthid crab, is a crab that belongs to the family Xanthiidae. [1]

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References

  1. Hoover, John P. (1998). Hawai'i's sea creatures : a guide to Hawai'i's marine invertebrates. [Honolulu, Hawaii]: Mutual Pub. ISBN   1-56647-220-2. OCLC   41975146.