| Liocarcinus navigator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Polybiidae |
| Genus: | Liocarcinus |
| Species: | L. navigator |
| Binomial name | |
| Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst, 1794) | |
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Liocarcinus navigator is a species of crab in the family Portunidae.
Distribution
This species is found chiefly around the British Isles; its range covers the north-east Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea as far north as Trøndelag in Norway, and as far south as Mauritania, and it also occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
Liocarcinus navigator has a dark brown carapace up to approximately 33 millimetres (1.3 in) wide, with lighter pereiopods. The frontal margin of the carapace, between the eyes, has a fringe of hair but no spines.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognised:
- Liocarcinus navigator rondeletii (Risso, 1816)
- Liocarcinus navigator navigator (Herbst, 1794)
References
- ^ Peter Davie; Charles Fransen & Michael Türkay (2012). "Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst, 1794)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Kåre Telnes (February 13, 2012). "Arch-fronted swimming crab – Liocarcinus navigator". The Marine Flora & Fauna of Norway. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- Sven Gehrmann (2008). "Schwimmkrabbe, Polybius navigator (Herbst, 1794)". Die Fauna der Nordsee – Niedere Tiere I: Krebstiere, Asselspinnen, Ringelwürmer, Stachelhäuter, Manteltiere & Schwämme [The fauna of the North Sea – lower animals I: crustaceans, sea-spiders, annelids, echinoderms, molluscs and sponges] (in German). Vol. 1. Books on Demand. p. 80. ISBN 9783981255300.
- ^ Mario de Kluijver & Sarita Ingalsuo. "Liocarcinus arcuatus". Macrobenthos of the North Sea – Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
Further reading
- Simon Jennings; John Lancaster; Andrew Woolmer; John Cotter (1999). "Distribution, diversity and abundance of epibenthic fauna in the North Sea". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 79 (3): 385–399. doi:10.1017/s0025315498000502.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Liocarcinus navigator | |
| Cancer navigator | |