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Species Libinia dubia

Bug Skull - Libinia dubia
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 Epialtidae (Kelp Crabs and Spider Crabs)
Genus Libinia (Spider Crabs)
Species dubia (Libinia dubia)
Explanation of Names
Libinia dubia H. Milne Edwards 1834
Identification
6 spines in median dorsal row (9 in L. emarginata), fewer dorsal tubercles than L. emarginata(1)
Range
Coastal, Nantucket to Texas, also Cuba, Mexico
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Keys to Marine Invertebrates of the Woods Hole Region
Smith R.I. 1964. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.