Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794) is a animal in the Leucosiidae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794)

Persephona mediterranea, the mottled purse crab, is a true leucosiid crab found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Family

Leucosiidae

Genus

Persephona

Order

Decapoda

Class

Malacostraca

About Persephona mediterranea (Herbst, 1794)

Persephona mediterranea, commonly known as the mottled purse crab, is a species of true crab that belongs to the family Leucosiidae. This species occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Photo: (c) Ondřej Radosta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ondřej Radosta · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Leucosiidae › Persephona

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

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