Polybius navigator
Species of crab
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Polybius navigator is a species of crab in the family Polybiidae.[2][1]
| Polybius navigator | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Polybiidae |
| Genus: | Polybius |
| Species: | P. navigator |
| Binomial name | |
| Polybius navigator (Herbst, 1794) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Distribution
Polybius navigator is found chiefly around the British Isles; its range covers the northeast Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea as far north as Trøndelag in Norway, and as far south as Mauritania, and it also occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[3][4]
Description
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Polybius navigator navigator (Herbst, 1794)
- Polybius navigator rondeletii (Risso, 1816)
