Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785) is a animal in the Xanthidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785)

Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785)

Etisus dentatus is a species of crab found across many locations in the Indo-Pacific region.

Family
Genus
Etisus
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785)

Etisus dentatus, originally described by Herbst in 1785, is a species of crab. This species is found across the Indo-Pacific region, with confirmed locations including the Red Sea, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, the Seychelles, India, the Andaman Islands, Japan, Taiwan, China, the Balabac Strait, the Torres Strait, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, and the Hawaiian Islands.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Xanthidae Etisus

More from Xanthidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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