Liocarcinus vernalis

Liocarcinus vernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Portunidae
Genus:	Liocarcinus
Species:	L. vernalis
Binomial name
	Liocarcinus vernalis; (Risso, 1816) [1]
Synonyms [1]
	Macropipus vernalis (Risso, 1827); Polybius vernalis (Risso, 1827); Portunus barbarus Lucas, 1846; Portunus dubius Rathke, 1837; Portunus valentieni Cocco, 1833; Portunus vernalis Risso, 1816;

Liocarcinus vernalis, the grey swimming crab, is a small, shallow-water crab in the family Portunidae. L. vernalis was thought for a long time to be a predominantly Mediterranean species, but its known range was extended by a series of observations in the 1980s and 1990s. It ranges from West Africa to the southern North Sea.[2]

References

P. Davie, C. Fransen & M. Türkay (2010). "Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
Alison M. McCarthy, David McGrath & Brendan M. Allen (2005). "The grey swimming crab Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1827) in western Irish coastal waters (Decapoda: Brachyura, Portunidae)". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 28 (1): 20–26. JSTOR 25536612.

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[WoRMS-1] P. Davie, C. Fransen & M. Türkay (2010). "Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1816)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 24, 2010.

[2] Alison M. McCarthy, David McGrath & Brendan M. Allen (2005). "The grey swimming crab Liocarcinus vernalis (Risso, 1827) in western Irish coastal waters (Decapoda: Brachyura, Portunidae)". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 28 (1): 20–26. JSTOR 25536612.