horrid elbow crab

Daldorfia horrida

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Parthenopidae

Daldorfia horrida, the horrid elbow crab, is a species of elbow crab in the family Parthenopidae. It is native to tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. Taxonomy Daldorfia horrida was originally classified by Carl Linnaeus as Cancer horridus in 1758.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 9France · 6

Sources and credits

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