Polyonyx gibbesi
| Polyonyx gibbesi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Porcellanidae |
| Genus: | Polyonyx |
| Species: | P. gibbesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyonyx gibbesi Haig, 1956 | |
Polyonyx gibbesi, the eastern tube crab, is a species of porcelain crab in the family Porcellanidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.[1][2][3]
Distribution and habitat
P. gibbesi is mostly found along the western Atlantic Ocean from the Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Uruguay.[4] The porcelain crab has been found along the coast of Argentina in the stomach contents a narrownose smooth-hound shark.[5] Within the tropical region of this range, the porcelain crab is less common and only found sporadically.[6]
The porcelain crab lives in sandy or muddy substrates. Once in their adult stage, they live in the tunnels of tube-dwelling annelids.[7]
Ecology
P. gibbesi has a symbiotic relationship with tube-dwelling annelid worms. They live in the tunnel of these annelids, such as those in the genus Chaetopterus, known as the parchment worms. The porcelain crabs typically live as male-female pairs within the tunnels.[7]
References
- ↑ "Polyonyx gibbesi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Polyonyx gibbesi". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Polyonyx gibbesi species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ GORE, ROBERT H. (August 1968). "THE LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMENSAL CRAB POLYONYX GIBBESI Haig, 1956 (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA)". The Biological Bulletin. 135 (1): 111–129. Bibcode:1968BiolB.135..111G. doi:10.2307/1539619. JSTOR 1539619.
- ↑ Belleggia, Mauro; Boschi, Enrique Eduardo; Schejter, Laura; Bremec, Claudia; Sánchez, Felisa; Figueroa, Daniel Enrique (May 2010). "First record of Polyonyx gibbesi (Anomura: Porcellanidae) in the Argentine Sea". Marine Biodiversity Records. 3 e44. Bibcode:2010MBdR....3E..44B. doi:10.1017/S175526720999100X (inactive 23 August 2026). ISSN 1755-2672.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2026 (link) - ↑ Hirose, Gustavo Luis (April 2012). "New record and biological features of the commensal porcellanid crab Polyonyx gibbesi (Crustacea: Anomura) from the north-eastern Brazilian coast". Marine Biodiversity Records. 5 e43. Bibcode:2012MBdR....5E..43H. doi:10.1017/S1755267212000188 (inactive 23 August 2026). ISSN 1755-2672.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2026 (link) - 1 2 Sandford, Floyd (2006). "Polyonyx gibbesi (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) and Pinnixa chaetopterana (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae), two crab commensals in tubes of the polychaete worm Chaetopterus sp., in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Crustacean Research. Special2006 (6): 23–31. doi:10.18353/crustacea.Special2006.6_23.
Further reading
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
External links
Media related to Polyonyx gibbesi at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Polyonyx gibbesi at Wikispecies