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Melybia thalamita
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Melybia

Stimpson, 1871
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M. thalamita
Binomial name
Melybia thalamita
Stimpson, 1871
Synonyms [1]

Melybia forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Melybia thalamita is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Melybia.[2] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico south to São Paulo, Brazil, at depths of 10–200 metres (33–656 ft).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Davie, Peter (2010). "Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 – via the National University of Singapore.
  3. ^ Gerhard Pohle; Fernando L. M. Mantelatto; Maria L. Negreiros-Fransozo; Adilson Fransozo. "Brachyura larvae: Melybia thalamita". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Retrieved August 1, 2011.