Eriphia verrucosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Eriphioidea |
| Family: | Eriphiidae |
| Genus: | Eriphia |
| Species: | E. verrucosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriphia verrucosa | |
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Eriphia spinifrons Rathke, 1837 | |
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Eriphia verrucosa, sometimes called the warty crab[3] or yellow crab,[4] is a species of crab found in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores.[3] Individual crabs have been caught as far north as Cornwall.[5] Formerly a frequent species in the Black Sea, it has decreased in numbers since the 1980s and is now listed in the Ukrainian Red Data Book of endangered species.[2]
Ecology
E. verrucosa lives among stones and
Description
E. verrucosa may reach a width of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) and a length of 7 cm (2.8 in).megalopa.[2]
References
- ^ "Eriphia verrucosa (Forskal, 1775)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ a b c d C. Dumitrache & T. Konsulova. "Eriphia verrucosa Forskall, 1755". Black Sea Red Data Book. United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "Eriphia verrucosa". European Virtual Aquarium. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
- ^ "Fishes & other marine life". Caradon Field & Natural History Club. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
- ^ "Verified sightings for Eriphia verrucosa". Marine Life Information Network. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
- ^ A. C. Rossi & V. Parisi (1973). "Experimental studies of predation by the crab Eriphia verrucosa on both snail and hermit crabs occupants of conspecific gastropod shells". Bollettino di Zoologia. 40: 117–135.
- ^ Dragos Micu & Valentina Todorova. "Biodiversity of the Western Black Sea" (PDF). MarBEF Newsletter (Autumn 2007): 26–28.
External links
Media related to Eriphia verrucosa at Wikimedia Commons
