oystershell mud crab

Panopeus simpsoni

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Panopeidae

Loxothylacus panopaei is a species of barnacle in the family Sacculinidae. It is native to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is a parasitic castrator of small mud crabs in the family Panopeidae, mostly in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 11

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Dan Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionLoxothylacus panopaei, Wikipedia contributors

oystershell mud crab

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