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Thumbnail crab
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Thiidae
Genus:	Thia Leach, 1815
Species:	T. scutellata
Binomial name
Thia scutellata (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Cancer residuus Herbst, 1799 Thia polita Leach, 1815 Thia blainvillii Risso, 1822

The thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata, is a species of decapods, in the family of thiidae, whose carapace resembles a human thumbnail, a dense fringe of long hairs distinctly notched around the edge. Pale pink in colour with red to brown markings. It is found in the North Sea, north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. It is the only extant species in the genus Thia, although two fossil species are known. Their predators includes the atlantic cod.

References

1. 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.
2. "Thumbnail crab - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
3. "Thumbnail crab (Thia scutellata)". marlin.ac.uk. MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
4. Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz (2003). "Thia scutellata (J.C. Fabricius, 1793)". Crustikon. Tromsø Museum. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
5. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.

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