A crab (Bathynectes longipes)
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Researched by | Emily Wilson | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Risso, 1816) | ||
Other common names | - | Synonyms | - |
Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
East Channel, Channel Isles, Plymouth, Scilly Isles, Bristol Channel and St Kilda.Global distribution
-Habitat
Found from 28-91 m.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Frontal margin with a very shallow pair of sub-median lobes, median lobe absent.
- Antero-lateral teeth strongly curved forward, alternating slightly in size, first and second lobate.
- Chelipeds unequal in size, dactylus of smaller cheliped with four carinae, usually absent on larger cheliped.
- Second to fourth pereiopods somewhat compressed.
Additional information
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Bibliography
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.
McLeod, C.R., Yeo, M., Brown, A.E., Burn, A.J., Hopkins, J.J. & Way, S.F. (ed.), 2002. The Habitats Directive: selection of Special Areas of Conservation in the UK. 2nd edn. http://www.jncc.gov.uk/SACselection, 2002-10-04
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: 2024-10-08
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Last Updated: 11/10/2002