Eriphia verrucosa

Eriphia verrucosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Eriphioidea
Family: Eriphiidae
Genus: Eriphia
Species:
E. verrucosa
Binomial name
Eriphia verrucosa
(Forsskål, 1775) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Eriphia spinifrons Rathke, 1837

Exemplar in defense position underwater.

Eriphia verrucosa, sometimes called the warty crab[3] or yellow crab,[4] is a species of crab found in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores.[3] Individual crabs have been caught as far north as Cornwall.[5] Formerly a frequent species in the Black Sea, it has decreased in numbers since the 1980s and is now listed in the Ukrainian Red Data Book of endangered species.[2]

  1. ^ "Eriphia verrucosa (Forskal, 1775)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  2. ^ a b C. Dumitrache & T. Konsulova. "Eriphia verrucosa Forskall, 1755". Black Sea Red Data Book. United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Eriphia verrucosa". European Virtual Aquarium. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  4. ^ "Fishes & other marine life". Caradon Field & Natural History Club. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  5. ^ "Verified sightings for Eriphia verrucosa". Marine Life Information Network. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2009.