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'''''Platyxanthus crenulatus''''' (Milne-Edwards 1879) is a species of [[crab]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Platyxanthidae]].<ref>{{cite WoRMS |author=Peter Davie |year=2010 |title=''Platyxanthus crenulatus'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 |id=440527 |accessdate=May 27, 2012}}</ref> |
'''''Platyxanthus crenulatus''''' (Milne-Edwards 1879) is a species of [[crab]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Platyxanthidae]].<ref>{{cite WoRMS |author=Peter Davie |year=2010 |title=''Platyxanthus crenulatus'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 |id=440527 |accessdate=May 27, 2012}}</ref> |
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The species is associated to hard bottoms along the sublittoral zone of the occidental Atlantic in the waters of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina <ref>{{cite web|url=http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=zsao&id=3842&menuentry=soorten |title=Marine Species Identification Portal : Platyxanthus crenulatus |publisher=Species-identification.org |date= |accessdate=2012-06-19}}</ref>. |
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Adults are robust and conspicuous crabs, with smooth carapace, dorsally purple and white ventrally. Their claws have marked heterochely and right-handedness (i.e. dimorphism between chelae and the tendency of bearing the major claw on the rigth side of the body), traits associated with shell-breaking feeding habits <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Laitano|first1=M.V.|last2=Farias|first2=N.E.|last3=Cledón|first3=M.|title=Prey preference of the stone crab Platyxanthus crenulatus ( Decapoda : Platyxanthidae ) in laboratory conditions|journal=Nauplius|date=2013|volume=21|page=17-23|url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-64972013000100003&script=sci_arttext}}</ref>. Due to their abundance, large size and diet, P. crenulatus presumably has an important ecological role as a predator in benthic communities |
Adults are robust and conspicuous crabs, with smooth carapace, dorsally purple and white ventrally. Their claws have marked heterochely and right-handedness (i.e. dimorphism between chelae and the tendency of bearing the major claw on the rigth side of the body), traits associated with shell-breaking feeding habits <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Laitano|first1=M.V.|last2=Farias|first2=N.E.|last3=Cledón|first3=M.|title=Prey preference of the stone crab Platyxanthus crenulatus ( Decapoda : Platyxanthidae ) in laboratory conditions|journal=Nauplius|date=2013|volume=21|page=17-23|url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0104-64972013000100003&script=sci_arttext}}</ref>. Due to their abundance, large size and diet, P. crenulatus presumably has an important ecological role as a predator in benthic communities |
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<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Farias|first1=N.E.|last2=LuppiFarias|first2=T.A.|last3=Spivak|first3=E.D.|title=Habitat use, relative growth and size at maturity of the purple stone crab Platyxanthus crenulatus (Decapoda : Brachyura), calculated under different models |journal=Scientia Marina|date=2014|volume=78|page=567-578 |url=http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/4285/ |doi=10.3989/scimar.04108.10A}} </ref>. |
<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Farias|first1=N.E.|last2=LuppiFarias|first2=T.A.|last3=Spivak|first3=E.D.|title=Habitat use, relative growth and size at maturity of the purple stone crab Platyxanthus crenulatus (Decapoda : Brachyura), calculated under different models |journal=Scientia Marina|date=2014|volume=78|page=567-578 |url=http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/4285/ |doi=10.3989/scimar.04108.10A}} </ref>. |
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Platyxanthus crenulatus (Milne-Edwards 1879) is a species of crab in the family Platyxanthidae.[1] The species is associated to hard bottoms along the sublittoral zone of the occidental Atlantic in the waters of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina [2]. Adults are robust and conspicuous crabs, with smooth carapace, dorsally purple and white ventrally. Their claws have marked heterochely and right-handedness (i.e. dimorphism between chelae and the tendency of bearing the major claw on the rigth side of the body), traits associated with shell-breaking feeding habits [3]. Due to their abundance, large size and diet, P. crenulatus presumably has an important ecological role as a predator in benthic communities [4].
References
- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Platyxanthus crenulatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
- ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Platyxanthus crenulatus". Species-identification.org. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- ^ Laitano, M.V.; Farias, N.E.; Cledón, M. (2013). "Prey preference of the stone crab Platyxanthus crenulatus ( Decapoda : Platyxanthidae ) in laboratory conditions". Nauplius. 21: 17-23.
- ^ Farias, N.E.; LuppiFarias, T.A.; Spivak, E.D. (2014). "Habitat use, relative growth and size at maturity of the purple stone crab Platyxanthus crenulatus (Decapoda : Brachyura), calculated under different models". Scientia Marina. 78: 567-578. doi:10.3989/scimar.04108.10A.
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