Tags: Crustacean.

Bellia picta is a species of crab that lives around the coasts of South America and the only species in the genus Bellia. On the Atlantic coast it is found in Rio Grande do Sul Brazil while on the Pacific coast it is found off Peru and Chile. It probably lives in burrows and is a filter feeder.

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binomial authority
Henri Milne-Edwards
class
Malacostraca
family
Belliidae
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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