Sponge crab (Dromia personata)
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Researched by | Emily Wilson | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | - |
Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Recorded from South West of England, the eastern English Channel, the Channel Islands, Lundy, Skomer and north Pembrokeshire, Cardigan Bay, Bardsey Island and the Llyn Peninsula.Global distribution
-Habitat
Found on rocky or stony substrata from 10-30 m.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Carapace sub-globose, dorsally vaulted, surface with a fine pubescence obscuring regions.
- Frontal region most advanced, sub-median lobes prominent, median ventrally placed.
- Five antero-lateral teeth, third obscurely bifid.
- Chelipeds stout, of equal size, segments of chelipeds and pereiopods with short, dense, pubescent setae.
- Second pair of pereiopods longer than third pair, fourth and fifth pairs flattened, sub-dorsally placed and sub-chelate.
Additional information
Also commonly known as the sleepy crab.Listed by
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Bibliography
Hayward, P., Nelson-Smith, T. & Shields, C. 1996. Collins pocket guide. Sea shore of Britain and northern Europe. London: HarperCollins.
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (ed.) 1995b. Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
Ingle, R.W., 1980. British Crabs. Oxford: British Museum (Natural History), Oxford University Press.
JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee), 1999. Marine Environment Resource Mapping And Information Database (MERMAID): Marine Nature Conservation Review Survey Database. [on-line] http://www.jncc.gov.uk/mermaid
Moore, J., 2002. An atlas of marine Biodiversity Action Plan species and habitats and Species of Conservation Concern in Wales, 2nd edn. Report to the Countryside Council for Wales, CCW Contract Science Report no. 509.
Datasets
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-10-09
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Last Updated: 03/07/2007