Species Dyspanopeus sayi - Say's Mud Crab

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Eucarida (Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.))

Order Decapoda (Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp)

Infraorder Brachyura (True Crabs)

Family Panopeidae

Genus Dyspanopeus

Species sayi (Say's Mud Crab)

Explanation of Names

Dyspanopeus sayi (Smith, 1869)

sayi = named after Thomas Say, a prominent American entomologist and naturalist of the early 19th century

Identification

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Internet References

WoRMS

Works Cited

1.	Keys to Marine Invertebrates of the Woods Hole Region Smith R.I. 1964. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 20 June, 2015 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 17 April, 2021 - 2:16am

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