Loxorhynchus crispatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Epialtidae |
Genus: | Loxorhynchus |
Species: | L. crispatus
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Binomial name | |
Loxorhynchus crispatus Stimpson, 1857
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Loxorhynchus crispatus, known generally as the masking crab or moss crab, is a species of true crab in the family Epialtidae. It is found in the East Pacific. [1] [2] [3]