Tumidotheres maculatus

Tumidotheres maculatus
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T. maculatus
Binomial name
Tumidotheres maculatus
(Say, 1818)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer parasiticus Linnaeus, 1763
  • Cancer pinnophylax Linnaeus, 1767
  • Pinnotheres maculatus Say, 1818

Tumidotheres maculatus is a species of crab that lives commensally or parasitically in the mantle cavity of molluscs. It is found along much of the western Atlantic Ocean and was first described by Thomas Say in 1818.

  1. ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Tumidotheres maculatus (Say, 1818)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 7, 2011.