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Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775)
The carapace is thick and smooth,brownish-red to brownish-green in cplour, with yellow spots. E. verrucosa, commonly known as Warty crab or Yellow crab, lives among stones and seaweeds in shallow water along rocky coastlines up to a depth of 15 m. Its feed on bivalves, gastropods, hermit crabs,molluscs and polychaetes
Eriphia verrucosa is the host of Entionella eriphiae (endoparasitic) and the parasite Sacculina eriphia.
Synonyms:
Cancer arenarius
Cancer spinifrons
Cancer verrucosa
Eriphia orientalis
Eriphia spinifrons
Eriphia spinifrons angusta
Eriphia spinifrons mediterranea
Eriphia spinifrons orientalis
Eriphia spinifrons var. canariensis
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Eriphioidea (Superfamily) > Eriphiidae (Family) > Eriphia (Genus) > Eriphia verrucosa (Species)
The carapace is thick and smooth,brownish-red to brownish-green in cplour, with yellow spots. E. verrucosa, commonly known as Warty crab or Yellow crab, lives among stones and seaweeds in shallow water along rocky coastlines up to a depth of 15 m. Its feed on bivalves, gastropods, hermit crabs,molluscs and polychaetes
Eriphia verrucosa is the host of Entionella eriphiae (endoparasitic) and the parasite Sacculina eriphia.
Synonyms:
Cancer arenarius
Cancer spinifrons
Cancer verrucosa
Eriphia orientalis
Eriphia spinifrons
Eriphia spinifrons angusta
Eriphia spinifrons mediterranea
Eriphia spinifrons orientalis
Eriphia spinifrons var. canariensis
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Eriphioidea (Superfamily) > Eriphiidae (Family) > Eriphia (Genus) > Eriphia verrucosa (Species)