Polydectus
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| Polydectus | |
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| File:Pilumnus cupulifera - - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBAINV0274 006 01 0030.tif | |
| A drawing of Pilumnus cupulifera | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Polydectus |
| Species: | P. cupulifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Polydectus cupulifer | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Polydectus cupulifer is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, and the only species in the genus Polydectus.[2] Together with the genus Lybia, it forms the subfamily Polydectinae.[3] It is found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from Madagascar and the Red Sea in the west to Japan, Hawaii and French Polynesia in the east.[4] P. cupulifer is densely covered with setae (bristles), and frequently carries a sea anemone in each chela (claw).[5]
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