Biology:Coleusia signata

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of crab

Coleusia signata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Coleusia
Species:
C. signata
Binomial name
Coleusia signata
(Paulson, 1875)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Leucosia fuscomaculata Miers, 1877
  • Leucosia signata Paulson, 1875

Coleusia signata is a species of crab from the family Leucosiidae which is found in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean and which has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13473432 entry