Melybia Explained

Melybia thalamita is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Melybia.[1] It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico south to São Paulo, Brazil, at depths of 10-.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . live . . 17 . 1–286 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 . 2011-06-08 . the National University of Singapore.
  2. Web site: Brachyura larvae: Melybia thalamita . Gerhard Pohle . Fernando L. M. Mantelatto . Maria L. Negreiros-Fransozo . Adilson Fransozo . Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean . August 1, 2011.