Inachus phalangium

Inachus phalangium
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I. phalangium
Binomial name
Inachus phalangium
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer phalangium Fabricius, 1775nomen protectum
  • Cancer satuak Herbst, 1782
  • Cancer tribulus Linnaeus, 1767 – suppressed
  • Inachus dorhynchus Leach, 1814
  • Inachus dorynchus Leach, 1814
  • Macropus aracnides Risso, 1816

Inachus phalangium, Leach's spider crab, is a species of crabs from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It is up to 20.5 mm (0.81 in) wide, and is very similar to other species in the genus Inachus.

  1. ^ Charles Fransen; Michael Türkay (2010). "Inachus phalangium (Fabricius, 1775)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 18, 2011.