Albunea carabus

Albunea carabus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Albuneidae
Genus: Albunea
Species:
A. carabus
Binomial name
Albunea carabus
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer carabus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Albunea guerinii Lucas, 1853
  • Albunea barbara Ortmann, 1896 (nomen nudum)

Albunea carabus is a rare species of "sand crab" or "mole crab" in the family Albuneidae. It lives in shallow, turbulent waters in sandy areas of the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

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