Coleusia signata

Coleusia signata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Coleusia
Species:
C. signata
Binomial name
Coleusia signata
(Paulson, 1875)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Leucosia fuscomaculata Miers, 1877
  • Leucosia signata Paulson, 1875

Coleusia signata is a species of crab from the family Leucosiidae which is found in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean and which has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Coleusia signata". Crab Database. 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ^ Sammy de Grave, ed. (12 August 2019). "Coleusia signata (Paulson, 1875)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. ^ Gella Galail (2006). "Contributions to the knowledge of Leucosiidae V. Coleusia gen. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80.


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