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Crabs

Flecked box crab

Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)

Names

EnglishFlecked box crab
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese羞涩肝蟹
Sranan Tongokrabu (general name for the group)
Scientific nameHepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)

About this species

Hepatus pudibundus, the flecked box crab, is a crab from the class Malacostraca. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean with Brazil having a dense population of H. pudibundus, as they are one of the most commonly seen crabs in the country. Many of the studies done on H. pudibubus have occurred in the Ubatuba region of Brazil, where there is a rapid expansion of tourism that is affecting marine ecosystems.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyAethridae
GenusHepatus