Persephona mediterranea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Persephona mediterranea | |
|---|---|
_-_Flickr_-_Andrea_Westmoreland.jpg) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Leucosiidae |
| Genus: | Persephona |
| Species: | P. mediterranea |
| Binomial name | |
| Persephona mediterranea (J. F. W. Herbst, 1794) | |
Persephona mediterranea, the mottled purse crab, is a species of true crab in the family Leucosiidae.[1][2] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.[2]
