Liocarcinus navigator | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Polybiidae |
Genus: | Liocarcinus |
Species: | L. navigator
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Binomial name | |
Liocarcinus navigator (Herbst, 1794)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Liocarcinus navigator is a species of crab in the family Portunidae.[2]
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.[3][4]
Liocarcinus navigator has a dark brown carapace up to approximately 33 millimetres (1.3 in) wide,[3] with lighter pereiopods.[5] The frontal margin of the carapace, between the eyes, has a fringe of hair but no spines.[3][5]
Two subspecies are recognised:[1]