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Leucosia anatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Leucosiidae
Genus:	Leucosia
Species:	L. anatum
Binomial name
	Leucosia anatum; (Herbst, 1783)

Leucosia anatum, also known as the pebble crab, is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae.^[1]

Description

This species has a strongly convex, elongate carapace. Its outline is somewhat rhomboidal. The front edge of the carapace is slender and obtusely triangular, with a pointed postorbital that points upward at an oblique angle. It has stout ambulatory legs, with each section being cylindrical and fairly smooth.^[2]

Distribution

This species is known to occur in the following locations:^[2]

Madagascar
Mauritius
Persian Gulf
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Andaman Islands
Mergui Archipelago
Japan: multiple locations
Korea
Taiwan
China in the sea around Guangdong
Gulf of Tonkin
Philippines: south of Manila Bay
Indonesia: Ambon (type locality)
Australia: multiple location
New Caledonia: Ilot Maitre
Fiji

References

^ Peter Davie (2012). "Leucosia anatum (Herbst, 1783)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leucosia anatum". Species-identification.org. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

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[1] Peter Davie (2012). "Leucosia anatum (Herbst, 1783)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2012.

[species-identification1-2] "Marine Species Identification Portal : Leucosia anatum". Species-identification.org. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

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