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Rhithropanopeus harrisii

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Rhithropanopeus harrisii

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Rhithropanopeus harrisii (common names include the Zuiderzee crab, dwarf crab, estuarine mud crab, Harris mud crab, white-fingered mud crab, and white-tipped mud crab) is a small omnivorous crab native to Atlantic coasts of the Americas, from New Brunswick to Veracruz.

Species

dwarf crab

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyPanopeidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded7,582

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
572
With media
164
Family
Panopeidae
Collections
ALMNH, CMN, CINVESTAV-IPN
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Краб на Белосарайской косе 1.jpg
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species
taxon name
Rhithropanopeus harrisii
Commons category
Rhithropanopeus harrisii
taxon common name
liejutaskurapu
short name
R. harrisii
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Rhithropanopeus harrisii (common names include the Zuiderzee crab, dwarf crab, estuarine mud crab, Harris mud crab, white-fingered mud crab, and white-tipped mud crab) is a small omnivorous crab native to Atlantic coasts of the Americas, from New Brunswick to Veracruz.

R. harrisii is usually found in brackish water, but can also be found in freshwater. It likes to live on stones and in oyster beds. The crab can reach a maximum size of . It has an olive-green-brownish color, sometimes with dark spots on its carapace.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhithropanopeus harrisii” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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