Epilobocera sinuatifrons
Species of crustacean
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Epilobocera sinuatifrons[3] is a freshwater crab[4] of the family Epiloboceridae.[2] The species is an endemic species and widely distributed in streams of Puerto Rico and occurs also on Saint Croix (the U.S. Virgin Islands).[1][5][6] The common name of this freshwater crab is "buruquena." An important aspect of this crab is its type of development; the buruquena undergoes direct development. This means that the crab does not produce larvae. Instead, it breeds in freshwater streams and releases small crabs, not larvae like freshwater shrimp.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epiloboceridae |
| Genus: | Epilobocera |
| Species: | E. sinuatifrons |
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| Epilobocera sinuatifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866)[2] | |
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Epilobocera sinuatifrons is one of the most abundant predatory freshwater decapods in the freshwater streams of Puerto Rico.[7] The juveniles are aquatic while the adults feed also on terrestrial resources on the forest floor adjacent to streams.[6]
