Tags: Crustacean.

Melybia thalamita is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae the only species in the genus Melybia. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico south to São Paulo Brazil at depths of 10–200 metres (33–656 ft).

binomial authority
William Stimpson
class
Malacostraca
family
Xanthidae
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
Melybia forceps (A. Milne-Edwards 1880)

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