Thumbnail crab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Thiidae
Genus: Thia
Leach, 1815
Species:
T. scutellata
Binomial name
Thia scutellata
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer residuus Herbst, 1799
  • Thia polita Leach, 1815
  • Thia blainvillii Risso, 1822

The thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata, is a species of decapods, in the family of thiidae,[2] whose carapace resembles a human thumbnail, a dense fringe of long hairs distinctly notched around the edge.[3] Pale pink in colour with red to brown markings. It is found in the North Sea, north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.[4] It is the only extant species in the genus Thia, although two fossil species are known.[5] Their predators includes the atlantic cod.

References

  1. ↑ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  2. ↑ "Thumbnail crab - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. ↑ "MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network - Thumbnail crab (Thia scutellata)". www.marlin.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  4. ↑ Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz (2003). "Thia scutellata (J.C. Fabricius, 1793)". Crustikon. Tromsø Museum. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  5. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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