Menippe nodifrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Menippidae |
Genus: | Menippe |
Species: | M. nodifrons
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Binomial name | |
Menippe nodifrons | |
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Menippe nodifrons, commonly known as the Cuban stone crab, is a species of crab found in warm tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil,[3] and is found in the United States in east-central Florida[4] and off the coast of Louisiana.[5]