Lybia
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For the country in North Africa, see Libya.
| Lybia | |
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| Hawaiian pompom crab, Lybia edmondsoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Lybia H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Grapse tessellata Latreille in Milbert, 1812 [2] |
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Lybia (common names include boxer crabs, boxing crabs and pom-pom crabs) is a genus of small crabs, including Lybia tesselata and Lybia edmondsoni. They are notable for their mutualism with sea anemones,[3] which grow on their claws for defense. In return, the anemones find new places to eat and mate. Boxer crabs use at least three different species of anemones, including Bundeopsis spp. and Triactis producta. The bonding with the anemone is not required for survival, however, and boxer crabs have frequently been known to live without them, sometimes substituting other organisms such as sponges and corals.
The genus Lybia contains the following species:[2]
- Lybia australiensis (Ward, 1933)
- Lybia caestifera (Alcock, 1898)
- Lybia denticulata Nobili, 1905
- Lybia edmondsoni Takeda & Miyake, 1970
- Lybia hatagumoana Sakai, 1961
- Lybia leptochelis (Zehntner, 1894)
- Lybia plumosa Barnard, 1947
- Lybia pugil (Alcock, 1898)
- Lybia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
- Lybia tutelina C. G. S. Tan & Ng, 1994
[edit] References
- ^ "Lybia H. Milne Edwards, 1834". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=660346. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
- ^ a b 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ^ Abigail Smigel (July 17, 2002). "Creature Feature: Not Quite Muhammed Ali". Deeper Blue. http://www.deeperblue.net/article.php/208/13.
[edit] External links
- Boxer Crab, Lybia tesselata. Aquarium World
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