| Panopeus lacustris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Panopeidae |
| Genus: | Panopeus |
| Species: | P. lacustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867[1]
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Panopeus lacustris, the knot-fingered mud crab, is a true crab belonging to the infraorder Brachyura. It can be distinguished from related species by its exceptionally broad and knobbly main chela (claw).[2]
- ^ a b Davie, Peter (2010). "Panopeus lacustris Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Puglisi, Melany P. (1 October 2008). "Panopeus lacustris Desbonne, 1867". Indian River Lagoon Species Inventory. Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. Retrieved 8 December 2017.