Peltarion spinulosum
Species of crab
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Peltarion is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Trichopeltariidae.[1] It is a monotypic genus, whose only species is Peltarion spinulosum.
| Peltarion spinulosum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Trichopeltariidae |
| Genus: | Peltarion Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 |
| Species: | P. spinulosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Peltarion spinulosum (White, 1843) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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The species of this genus are found in Southern America.[1]
