Thumbnail crab

The thumbnail crab, Thia scutellata, is a species of crab whose carapace resembles a human thumbnail. It is found in the North Sea, north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.[2] It is the only extant species in the genus Thia, although two fossil species are known.[3]

"Thia" redirects here. For other uses, see Thia (disambiguation).

Thumbnail crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Thiidae
Subfamily:
Thiinae

Dana, 1852
Genus:
Thia

Leach, 1815
Species:
T. scutellata
Binomial name
Thia scutellata
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer residuus Herbst, 1799
  • Thia polita Leach, 1815
  • Thia blainvillii Risso, 1822

References
  1. Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  2. Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz (2003). "Thia scutellata (J.C. Fabricius, 1793)". Crustikon. Tromsø Museum. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  3. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.


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