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Matuta planipes

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Matuta planipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Matutidae
Genus: Matuta
Species:
M. planipes
Binomial name
Matuta planipes
Fabricius, 1798

Matuta planipes is a species of moon crab in the family Matutidae.[1] It is a small colorful crab with flattened limbs.[2][3] Matuta planipes, in contrast to other species of crabs inhale pure oxygen-water through an area near their eye sockets. This species of crabs enjoy spending their daytime hidden under some sort of shade such as a sand bed and they are more active during the night.

This species of crab comes from the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific and Australia. Additionally, they have a widespread distribution that extends from the Red Sea to South Africa, Asia, and Australia.

References

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  1. ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Matuta planipes".
  2. ^ Atlas of Living Australia. "Matuta planipes  : Flower Moon Crab - Atlas of Living Australia".
  3. ^ Saher, N. U., Amanat, Z., Gondal, M. A., & Qureshi, N. A. (2017, January 31). Distribution, Abundance and Population Ecology of Ashtoret lunaris (Forskel, 1775) and Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 from the Sonmiani Bay (Lagoon), Pakistan. Retrieved March 16, 2023, from http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.2.455.465