Libinia emarginata

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Majidae

With a prominent rostrum that is divided into 2 processes (these may be partly or wholly fused).

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -23 meters (-75 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 02-Feb-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Libinia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. dubia (Longnose Spider Crab) · L. emarginata (Portly Spider Crab) · L. erinacea (Seagrass Spider Crab)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: EPA'S EMAP Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: The SERTC Invertebrate Database: Invertebrates of the southeastern United States
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2707511
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-98455
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13833733
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 98455
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 523471

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 42.060 based on 224 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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