Thumbnail crab
Species of crab
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The thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata, is a species of decapods, in the family of thiidae,[2] whose carapace resembles a human thumbnail, a dense fringe of long hairs distinctly notched around the edge.[3] Pale pink in colour with red to brown markings. It is found in the North Sea, north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.[4] It is the only extant species in the genus Thia, although two fossil species are known.[5] Their predators includes the atlantic cod.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Thiidae |
| Genus: | Thia Leach, 1815 |
| Species: | T. scutellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Thia scutellata (Fabricius, 1793) | |
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