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Mottled Purse Crab

Persephona mediterranea

236 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 1, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States173
Georgia12
Brazil11
Uruguay10
Rocha7
Rio Grande do Sul6
Alabama5
North Carolina5
Sao Paulo3
Maldonado2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyPurse Crabs · Leucosiidae
GenusPersephona

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