Menippe nodifrons

Menippe nodifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Menippidae
Genus:	Menippe
Species:	M. nodifrons
Binomial name
	Menippe nodifrons; Stimpson, 1859 [1]
Synonyms [2]
	Menippe nanus A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898; Menippe rudis A. Milne-Edwards, 1879;

Menippe nodifrons (common name: Cuban stone crab) is a species of crab found in tropical warm waters in the west Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil,[3] but occurs in the United States only in east-central Florida.[4]

References

"Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2010). "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
A. M. Madambashi, R. A. Christofoletti & M. A. A. Pinheiro (2005). "Natural diet of the crab Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Menippidae) in Paranapuã Beach, São Vicente (SP), Brazil" (PDF). Nauplius. 13 (1): 77–82.
T. M. Bert. "Speciation in western Atlantic stone crabs (genus Menippe): the role of geological processes and climatic events in the formation and distribution of species". Marine Biology. 93 (2): 157–170. doi:10.1007/BF00508253.

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[1] "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

[2] Peter Davie & Charles Fransen (2010). "Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

[3] A. M. Madambashi, R. A. Christofoletti & M. A. A. Pinheiro (2005). "Natural diet of the crab Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Menippidae) in Paranapuã Beach, São Vicente (SP), Brazil" (PDF). Nauplius. 13 (1): 77–82.

[4] T. M. Bert. "Speciation in western Atlantic stone crabs (genus Menippe): the role of geological processes and climatic events in the formation and distribution of species". Marine Biology. 93 (2): 157–170. doi:10.1007/BF00508253.