tuberculate pear crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Inachoididae

Pyromaia tuberculata is a species of crab in the family Inachoididae. Taxonomy Pyromaia tuberculata, also known as the fire crab, was first described by Lockington in 1877 off the coast of San Diego, California. The familial classification of pyromaia is currently still controversial.

Distribution

tuberculate pear crab — (c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 22

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPyromaia tuberculata, Wikipedia contributors

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