Persephona mediterranea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Leucosiidae |
Genus: | Persephona |
Species: | P. mediterranea
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Binomial name | |
Persephona mediterranea (J. F. W. Herbst, 1794)
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Persephona mediterranea, the mottled purse crab, is a species of true crab in the family Leucosiidae.[1][2] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.[2]