Marbled stone crab | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Carpiliidae |
Genus: | Carpilius |
Species: | C. convexus
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Binomial name | |
Carpilius convexus (Forsskål, 1775)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Carpilius convexus, commonly known as the marbled stone crab,[2] is a species of crab found in the Indo-Pacific, from Hawaii to the Red Sea and South Africa.[3] It was first described by Peter Forsskål in 1775 as "Cancer convexus", and has sometimes been treated as a variety of the larger species Carpilius maculatus.[3] The biology of the genus Carpilius is poorly known.[3] The coloration of Carpilius convexus is a yellow-brown or red, with patches that are mainly brown, growing up to 25 cm. Despite us knowing their size, coloration, and habitat, little else is known about their biology.