Leucosia craniolaris Linnaeus 1758 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Alternative combination: Cancer craniolaris

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Leucosia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: Leucosia anatum, Leucosia calcarata, Leucosia longiangulata, Leucosia martini, Leucosia ovalata, Leucosia perlata, Leucosia persica, Leucosia pubescens, Leucosia serenei, Leucosia subrhomboidalis, Leucosia subrhomboidea, Leucosia taiwanica, Leucosia takamii, Leucosia tricarinata, Leucosia tutongensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leucosia craniolaris in the database

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