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Necora puber

Linnaeus, 1767

Velvet fiddler crab

Classification
Identification
Biology
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Classification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Latin name : Necora puber (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms : Liocarcinus puber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Macropipus puber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Portunus puber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Classification : Crustacea [ Brünnich, 1772 ] ( Crustaceans )
 
Name : Etrille commune
Name : Velvet fiddler crab
Velvet swimcrab
Devil crab
Identification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Main identification characters
A fast moving swimming crab, blue in colour but obscured by a brown pubescence with red prominences. The dorsal surface has a finely velvety texture and the eyes are red. It grows to about 8cm.

Key identification features:
* Carapace dorsal surface flattened and pubescent.
* Frontal margin with up to 10 narrow unequal teeth, middle two often larger.
* Antero-lateral margin with five sharp, forward-pointing teeth.
* Chelipeds equal, strong, pubescent.
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Biology   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
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Distribution   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Habitat

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Found on stony and rock substrata intertidally and in shallow water, most abundant on moderately sheltered shores.
Geographical distribution
Atlantic ocean (British, Irish and French coasts), Mediteranean sea (rare).
Links   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Websites :
http://www.cabuzel.com/oleron/crustace.php3
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x0169f/x0169f5t.htm
http://www.marlin.ac.uk/index2.htm?demo/Necpub.htm
http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/Ecoles/Projet/fiches/etrille.html

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Bibliography   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Découvrir l'Atlantique, la Manche et la mer du Nord
Steven Weinberg
Editions Nathan 1994
Data sheet written by Chris , 18/09/2002

Updates :
Christophe Naslain - 18/09/2002
Christophe Naslain - 02/08/2003


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