Estuarine Mud Crab

Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Summary 4

Rhithropanopeus harrisii (common names include the Zuiderzee crab,dwarf crab,estuarine mud crab,Harris mud crab, and white-tipped mud crab), is a small omnivorous crab native to Atlantic coasts of the Americas, from New Brunswick to northern Brazil.

Distribution 5

Brackish water species.

Habitat 6

infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary

Link to Access Genomic Data 7

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=108123&lvl=0

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  1. (c) matbio, all rights reserved
  2. (c) Majk90, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Rhithropanopeus_harrisii.jpg
  3. (c) National Aquarium, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by National Aquarium
  4. Adapted by Emily Rose Sharkey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhithropanopeus_harrisii
  5. Adapted by Emily Rose Sharkey from a work by (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/30849891
  6. Adapted by Emily Rose Sharkey from a work by (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/30849641
  7. (c) Emily Rose Sharkey, all rights reserved

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